Ainoko

by Jan Merlin

In this scathing depiction of America?s military presence during the U.S. Occupation of Japan, an unmarried Japanese girl is banished from home to raise her Amerasian son by a G.I. in the pleasure district of Osaka. Subjected to discrimination and contempt by the nation?s culture, the boy learns to be a pimp, a thief, and a prostitute. Being an outcast, he yearns for acceptance, but when a world-reknowned Japanese movie star befriends him, the boy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401044212
• ISBN13: 9781401044213
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"