Hisaye Yamamoto was a Japanese American author. She is best known for the short story collection Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories, which was published in 1988. Her work confronts issues of the Japanese immigrant experience in America, the disconnect between first and second generation immigrants, as well as the difficult role of women in society.
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In writing, ambiguity is often used to give specific topics more meaning. In making an aspect of a work unclear, it draws the reader’s attention to it, and forces them to think about what is true, and what is important. Yoneko’s Earthquake written...
