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