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Tropic of Orange / Karen Tei Yamashita ; with an introduction by Sesshu Foster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yamashita, Karen Tei, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- A satire on California featuring two TV journalists, one a Chicano, the other his Japanese-American girlfriend. The novel has many characters, plots and themes. One plot deals with the smuggling of body parts, another with illegal immigration, a third with the export of poisoned oranges, a fourth with poverty.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction by Sesshu Foster
- MONDAY: Summer Solstice
- CHAPTER 1: Midday: Not Too Far From Mazatlán
- CHAPTER 2: Benefits: Koreatown
- CHAPTER 3: Weather Report: Westside
- CHAPTER 4: Station ID: Jefferson &
- Normandie
- CHAPTER 5: Traffic Window: Harbor Freeway
- CHAPTER 6: Coffee Break: Downtown
- CHAPTER 7: To Wake: The Marketplace
- TUESDAY: Diamond Lane
- CHAPTER 8: Rideshare: Downtown Interchange
- CHAPTER 9: NewsNow: Hollywood South
- CHAPTER 10: Morning: En México
- CHAPTER 11: To Wash: On the Tropic
- CHAPTER 12: Car Payment Due: Tijuana via Singapore
- CHAPTER 13: Oldies: This Old Hood
- CHAPTER 14: Budgets: Skirting Downtown
- WEDNESDAY: Cultural Diversity
- CHAPTER 15: Second Mortgage: Chinatown
- CHAPTER 16: LA X: Margarita's Corner
- CHAPTER 17: The Interview: Manzanar
- CHAPTER 18: Daylight: The Cornfield
- CHAPTER 19: Hour of the Trucks: The Freeway Canyon
- CHAPTER 20: Disaster Movie Week: Hiro's Sushi
- CHAPTER 21: To Eat: La Cantina de Miseria y Hambre
- THURSDAY: The Eternal Buzz
- CHAPTER 22: You Give Us 22 Minutes: The World
- CHAPTER 23: To Labor: East &
- West Forever
- CHAPTER 24: Dusk: To the Border
- CHAPTER 25: Time &
- a Half: Limousine Way
- CHAPTER 26: Life Insurance: L.A./T.J.
- CHAPTER 27: Live on Air: El A
- CHAPTER 28: Lane Change: Avoiding the Harbor
- FRIDAY: Artificial Intelligence
- CHAPTER 29: Promos: World Wide Web
- CHAPTER 30: Dawn: The Other Side
- CHAPTER 31: AM/FM: FreeZone
- CHAPTER 32: Overtime: El Zócalo
- CHAPTER 33: To Dream: America
- CHAPTER 34: Visa Card: Final Destination
- CHAPTER 35: Jam: Greater L.A.
- SATURDAY: Queen of Angels
- CHAPTER 36: To Perform: Angel's Flight
- CHAPTER 37: The Car Show: Front Line.
- CHAPTER 38: Nightfall: Aztlán
- CHAPTER 39: Working Weekend: Dirt Shoulder
- CHAPTER 40: Social Security I-5
- CHAPTER 41: Prime Time: Last Stop
- CHAPTER 42: Drive-By: Virtually Everywhere
- SUNDAY: Pacific Rim
- CHAPTER 43: Deadline: Over the Net
- CHAPTER 44: Commercial Break: The Big Sleep
- CHAPTER 45: Midnight: The Line
- CHAPTER 46: SigAlert: The Rim
- CHAPTER 47: To Die: Pacific Rim Auditorium
- CHAPTER 48: Hour 25: Into the Boxes
- CHAPTER 49: American Express: Mi Casa/Su Casa
- Coffee House Press
- Funder Acknowledgments
- The Publisher's Circle of Coffee House Press
- New and Reissued Works by Karen Tei Yamashita.
- Notes:
- "First edition published in Coffee House Press in 1997".
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed July 10, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 9781566895026
- 1566895022
- OCLC:
- 1006732284
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