An American Breakfast
An American Breakfast provides an insightful look at the United States through the eyes of a Japanese student who finds himself stranded on the plains of Nebraska.
In the course of his travels through the country?which includes a back-story of a gut-wrenching trial with his father in Japan over his engagement to a Swedish girl?Kenji finds himself on a dairy farm, confronting the most menial of chores as well as some of the nation¡¯s most destructive hailstorms.
The experiences on the farm with the American farming family, the landscape and the work with the livestock are registered with a particular outsider's perspective which brings the array to notice in startlingly new and fresh ways....
The challenging rural life is almost a frontier story of endurance under testing conditions; there is love interest; family and extended-family dynamics; and always the roving eye of the outsider who is slowly brought into the fold.
¡°An American Breakfast is truly a good, solid read.¡±
Kirpal Singh (Dr)
Associate Professor of Literature
Singapore Management University
¡°Asano is a rare find. His understanding of humanity cuts into the depths of the heart.¡±
James Craggs
amazon.com (UK)