Brazil-Maru

**An "immensely entertaining" historical novel about Japanese immigrants and their struggle to make a home in a Brazilian rainforest (*Newsday*). **

In 1925, a band of Japanese immigrants arrive in Brazil to carve a utopia out of the jungle. Yamashita conjures "an intricate and fascinating epoch" (*San Diego Review*) where the dream of creating a new world, the cost of idealism, the symbiotic tie between a people and the land they settle, and the changes demanded by a new generation all collide in a "splendid multi-generational novel . . . rich in history and character" (*San Francisco Chronicle*).

"Warm, compassionate, engaging, and thought-provoking." *--The Washington Post*

"Yamashita's heightened sense of passion and absurdity, and respect for inevitability and personality, infuse this engrossing multigenerational immigrant saga with energy, affection, and humor." *--Booklist*

"Poignant and remarkable." *--Philadelphia Inquirer*

"With a subtle ominousness, Yamashita sets up her hopeful, prideful characters--and, in the process, the entire genre of pioneer lit--for a fall." *--Village Voice*

"Full of sad and poignant scenes and some hilarious ones, too."** *--* ***Star Tribune*

"Historically informative and emotionally complex." *--Bloomsbury Review*

"Unique and entertaining." *--International Examiner*

"Particularly insightful." *--Library Journal*

"Informative and timely." *--Kirkus Reviews*