"Beautiful. . . . a totally fascinating and engaging representation of cultural diaspora and hybrid identities." –
Giant Robot "Marvelous . . . the trilingual narrative, personal recollections, reflections, and stories cumulatively convey the complexities of the modern diasporic world." –
Pan-Japan "Visually arresting . . . Circle K Cycles's brilliant fusing of forms is perfectly suited to its subject matter." –
Review of Contemporary Fiction "Thoughtful . . . a complex globalized twenty-first-century stew of laboring class migrations, cultural diffusions, and loosening national identities." –
Multicultural Review "This book of hybrids opens a door onto one of the important issues of the new century and illustrates a global society that resists heritage by hyphenation." –
Rafu Shimpo "At once [a] short story collection, memoir and scrapbook–charmingly enlivened with snapshots, advertisements, signs, random factoids and graphics. . . . [Yamashita] brings it all together with humor and heart." –
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