{"product_id":"9781566892391","title":"I Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2010 National Book Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e2010-2011 Asian\/Pacific American Library Association (APALA) Book Award Winner in Adult Fiction\u003cbr\u003e2010 California Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDazzling and ambitious, this hip, multi-voiced fusion of prose, playwriting, graphic art, and philosophy spins an epic tale of America’s struggle for civil rights as it played out in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Divided into ten novellas, one for each year, \u003ci\u003eI Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e begins in 1968, when Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, students took to the streets, the Vietnam War raged, and cities burned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Karen Yamashita’s motley cast of students, laborers, artists, revolutionaries, and provocateurs make their way through the history of the day, they become caught in a riptide of politics and passion, clashing ideologies and personal turmoil. And by the time the survivors unite to save the International Hotel—epicenter of the Yellow Power Movement—their stories have come to define the very heart of the American experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048216051952,"sku":"9781566892391","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566892391_p0.jpg?v=1763773159","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566892391","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}