Bedtime Eyes

by Amy Yamada

60 Members (1.89) 1 Award

On This Page

Quick Facts

Description

Amy Yamada is one of the most prominent--and controversial--novelists in Japan today. She bursted onto the scene in 1985 with her short novel "Bedtime Eyes," which for critics embodied the spirit of the 'shinjinru'--i.e. Generation X-- in much the same way that "Less Than Zero," "Bright Lights, Big City," and Douglas Coupland did in the U.S. "Bedtime Eyes" is the first English-language publication of three of Yamada's novellas/short novels: "Bedtime Eyes," "The Piano Player's Fingers" and show more "Jesse." While all are centered around the relationship between a Japanese woman and a black American man, each explores love, sex, and the vast gulf between from different and equally revealing viewpoints. Starkly imagined and sharply observed, Bedtime Eyes introduces to the English language some of Yamada's best known and most influential work. show less

Tags

More Tags

Recommendations

Complete Recommendations

Member Reviews

Members

Recently Added By
All Members

Author Information

Picture of author.
Amy Yamada
48+ Works 217 Members

Awards and Honors

Series

Belongs to Publisher Series

Classifications

Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
895.6 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Japanese
LCC
PL865 .A489 .B43 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Japanese language and literature Japanese literature Individual authors and works
BISAC
More Classifications

Statistics

Members
60
Popularity
514,413
Rating
(1.89)
Languages
English, Italian, Japanese
Media
Paper
ISBNs
4
ASINs
1