Product Description

Amy Yamada is one of the most prominent and controversial novelists in Japan today. She burst 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 1st English language publication of three of Yamada's novellas/short novels: "Bedtime Eyes," "The Piano Player's Fingers" and "Jesse." While all are centred around the relationship between a Japanese woman and a black American man, each explores love, sex, and the vast gulf between their 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #712041 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

About the Author
Amy Yamada is the winner of the Naoki Prize, Japan's equivalent of the Pulitzer, and for BEDTIME EYES, the prestigious Bungei Prize.

Customer Reviews

We had a BLAST!
"Leroy must have been thirsty. He lapped at me like a dog, slurping at my skin deliciously, flicking the tip of his tongue over my electrified body, gorging himself on every last drop of the sweet, sticky liquid that covered me."

Whilst they may not be everybody's cup of tea, we had a blast translating these novels.

If I had a criticism, it would be that the characters could have been given a little more depth, but Amy Yamada doesn't mince words and she's more interested in what drives her characters' destructive relationships than in delving into what makes the individual characters tick.

I hope you enjoy reading these books as much as we enjoyed working on them.