Author: David Mura
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802142399
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
In 1984, David Mura, a third-generation Japanese-American, was awarded a writing grant to live in Japan. After years of ignoring his ethnic heritage, Mura, with his wife (an American), embarked on a trip that profoundly changed his life. Turning Japanese chronicles his quest for self-knowledge and racial identity.