Tropic of Orange

Product Description Irreverently juggling magical realism, film noir, hip hop, and chicanismo, Tropic of Orange takes place in a Los Angeles where the homeless, gangsters, infant organ entrepreneurs, and Hollywood collide on a stretch of the Harbor Freeway. Hemmed in by wildfires, it's a symphony conducted from an overpass, grandiose, comic, and as diverse as the city itself—from an author who has received the California Book Award and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award, among other literary honors. About the Author Karen Tei Yamashita is one of the foremost writers of her generation, receving praise from such publications as the Los Angeles Times and New York Times. I Hotel, which took over a decade to write and research, is considered her magnum opus. She has won many awards, including an American Book Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Award. A California native who has also lived in Brazil and Japan, she teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she received the Chancellors Award for Diversity in 2009.