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A blue note

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Acknowledgments IX
  4. A blue note XI
  5. I. Blues
  6. Morning blues 3
  7. 6 A.M 5
  8. Primping 6
  9. Going for a dip 7
  10. Preparing sashimi 7
  11. Winter melon 9
  12. Nasubi 10
  13. Melons 10
  14. Chi goo 11
  15. Bitter melon 12
  16. Ginger 13
  17. Red delicious 14
  18. Uncovering the evidence 15
  19. Boys at play 17
  20. The end of spring 18
  21. Bean sprouts 19
  22. The price 20
  23. When it rains 20
  24. II. Greens
  25. Raw peanuts 23
  26. Grapes 25
  27. Stormbringer 26
  28. The green mustache 27
  29. Shoplifter 28
  30. Mustard greens 30
  31. Issei farmer 30
  32. The gambler's wife 31
  33. The voice 33
  34. This is only a test 34
  35. The old man remembers asparagus 35
  36. Fishing 37
  37. In summer 38
  38. The accident 39
  39. Omens 40
  40. Mothra's cousin grazes the produce rack 42
  41. III. Stranger root
  42. Strange root 47
  43. Paper flowers 48
  44. The sale on water chestnuts 50
  45. Matsutake, living treasures under the pine 51
  46. Sorting things out 53
  47. Escape from the fish tank 54
  48. Garden of Eden 55
  49. Garden of Eden 2 56
  50. Sign language 58
  51. The king's English 59
  52. The gesture 60
  53. The meat of a mango 61
  54. IV. Hello, little bean sprout!
  55. Sprout woman 65
  56. Plumbing the depths 67
  57. Late summer 67
  58. The footprint 68
  59. Green onions 69
  60. Black iris 70
  61. Scavengers 71
  62. The sore loser 72
  63. The gate 73
  64. This sky 74
  65. Starting work 74
  66. The apology 75
  67. Tools of his trade 75
  68. Baby Ruth 77
  69. Finding the hair of a Mexican woman in this box of sugar peas 78
  70. The raft 79
  71. A view from the stairs 80
  72. Boredom 81
  73. The river, the potatoes 82
  74. After the rain 84
  75. V. Long beans and the maori warrior
  76. Long beans and the maori warrior 87
  77. The squeak of sugar peas 88
  78. The return of the gambler's wife 89
  79. Frost warning 90
  80. The argument 91
  81. Three lumpy oranges 93
  82. Bunching Gai Lan 94
  83. The spill 94
  84. Perfection in design 95
  85. The kids from Tokyo 97
  86. The interrogation 98
  87. ID at dusk 99
  88. The fight 100
  89. In front of the bank 101
  90. Orphan 103
  91. Her brown face 104
  92. Day of the parade 105
  93. A funny word 110
  94. Two women talking 111
  95. The boy and the Jackfruit 112
  96. When work lets out 114
  97. Coming home 115
  98. About the author 117
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Acknowledgments IX
  4. A blue note XI
  5. I. Blues
  6. Morning blues 3
  7. 6 A.M 5
  8. Primping 6
  9. Going for a dip 7
  10. Preparing sashimi 7
  11. Winter melon 9
  12. Nasubi 10
  13. Melons 10
  14. Chi goo 11
  15. Bitter melon 12
  16. Ginger 13
  17. Red delicious 14
  18. Uncovering the evidence 15
  19. Boys at play 17
  20. The end of spring 18
  21. Bean sprouts 19
  22. The price 20
  23. When it rains 20
  24. II. Greens
  25. Raw peanuts 23
  26. Grapes 25
  27. Stormbringer 26
  28. The green mustache 27
  29. Shoplifter 28
  30. Mustard greens 30
  31. Issei farmer 30
  32. The gambler's wife 31
  33. The voice 33
  34. This is only a test 34
  35. The old man remembers asparagus 35
  36. Fishing 37
  37. In summer 38
  38. The accident 39
  39. Omens 40
  40. Mothra's cousin grazes the produce rack 42
  41. III. Stranger root
  42. Strange root 47
  43. Paper flowers 48
  44. The sale on water chestnuts 50
  45. Matsutake, living treasures under the pine 51
  46. Sorting things out 53
  47. Escape from the fish tank 54
  48. Garden of Eden 55
  49. Garden of Eden 2 56
  50. Sign language 58
  51. The king's English 59
  52. The gesture 60
  53. The meat of a mango 61
  54. IV. Hello, little bean sprout!
  55. Sprout woman 65
  56. Plumbing the depths 67
  57. Late summer 67
  58. The footprint 68
  59. Green onions 69
  60. Black iris 70
  61. Scavengers 71
  62. The sore loser 72
  63. The gate 73
  64. This sky 74
  65. Starting work 74
  66. The apology 75
  67. Tools of his trade 75
  68. Baby Ruth 77
  69. Finding the hair of a Mexican woman in this box of sugar peas 78
  70. The raft 79
  71. A view from the stairs 80
  72. Boredom 81
  73. The river, the potatoes 82
  74. After the rain 84
  75. V. Long beans and the maori warrior
  76. Long beans and the maori warrior 87
  77. The squeak of sugar peas 88
  78. The return of the gambler's wife 89
  79. Frost warning 90
  80. The argument 91
  81. Three lumpy oranges 93
  82. Bunching Gai Lan 94
  83. The spill 94
  84. Perfection in design 95
  85. The kids from Tokyo 97
  86. The interrogation 98
  87. ID at dusk 99
  88. The fight 100
  89. In front of the bank 101
  90. Orphan 103
  91. Her brown face 104
  92. Day of the parade 105
  93. A funny word 110
  94. Two women talking 111
  95. The boy and the Jackfruit 112
  96. When work lets out 114
  97. Coming home 115
  98. About the author 117
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