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The Chauvinist and Other Stories by Toshio Mori; introd. by Hisaye Yamamoto is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Chauvinist and Other Stories features twenty-two stories of Japanese-American life, ranging in settings from pre-WWII era California, to wartime internment camps, to the postwar Nisei experience. As an Asian Times reviewer notes when The Chauvinist first appeared, Mori cannot fail to reach [his readers] because he is an honest man, speaking from his own experience, his own suffering and happiness, his own real and human life. The writer Hisaye Yamamoto, in the original introduction to this collection, declared Mori indisputably the pioneer of Japanese American literature.The collections republication in this volume marks the first time these stories are widely available in over forty years.About theToshio Mori (1910 1980) was born in Oakland and spent most of his life in San Leandro, California, where his family owned a nursery. He began writing in 1932, working at night after a day in the nursery, and was encouraged by William Saroyan, who became a lifelong friend. Moris first book, Yokohama, California , was scheduled to appear in 1941, but the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the ensuing anti-Japanese racism, put the books publication on hold. Like most Japanese-Americans, Mori

Who reads The Chauvinist and Other Stories?

Author

Toshio Mori; introd. by Hisaye Yamamoto

Publisher

Asian American Studies Center, University of California; Asian American Studies Center, UCLA

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780934052016

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction

Updated

2026-03-25