Brazil-Maru
Karen Tei Yamashita
Published by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 1992
ISBN 1-56689-000-4 / 9781566890004
 
Description:
First edition, first printing hardcover of Karen Tei Yamashita’s acclaimed novel Brazil-Maru. Bound in green boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering to spine, and map-illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket issued. 298 pages.
Condition: Near Fine. Tight binding, clean pages, minimal shelfwear to boards, bright text block edges. A very well-preserved copy.
 
Scarce in the true first edition, Brazil-Maru is a cornerstone of Asian American literature, Japanese diaspora studies, immigrant fiction, and Latin American historical narrative. Yamashita—later a National Book Award finalist—explores the story of Japanese immigrants establishing utopian communities in Brazil, blending history, politics, and identity in a landmark work of postcolonial literature.