Japanese by Spring (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Ishmael Reed
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: African Americans, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Africa or Africans, Racism, Interracial relationships, California, West, U.S., Asia or Asians, Multiculturalism, Colleges or universities, 1990’s, Bilingualism, Japan or Japanese people, Japanese Americans
- Locales: Oakland, CA
JAPANESE BY SPRING is the tale of Benjamin “Chappie” Puttbutt and his efforts to achieve some measure of financial and psychological security. Chappie Puttbutt is a black man determined to survive and prosper in a white man’s world. To this end, Puttbutt employs the most devious of measures to attain tenure at the mythical Jack London College. He intellectually embraces the most savage of racists and gives a new and deleterious definition to the phrase “politically correct.” Not surprisingly, he is viewed as a traitor by those of color, and scorned as a pitiable specimen...
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