A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard: A Novel in Three Parts

by Ian Hideo Levy

Book Overview

Set against the political and social upheavals of the 1960s, A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard tells the story of Ben Isaac, a blond-haired, blue-eyed American youth living with his father at the American consulate in Yokohama. Chafing against his father's strict authority and the trappings of an America culture that has grown increasingly remote, Ben flees home to live with Ando, his Japanese friend. Refusing to speak...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231157444
• ISBN13: 9780231157445
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher