Above the East China Sea Audiobook

Quotes

• “An extraordinary effort of the imagination and a major display of literary talent—an absolutely don’t-miss novel that should become a classic contribution to the fiction of our era.”

  — Washington Times

• “Like Faulkner, Bird is a writer whose métier is the American South, though, also like Faulkner, her writing possesses an expansive worldview. To my mind, Bird is the finest living Texas novelist, and Above the East China Sea showcases all of her gifts in spades—her unmistakable voice displays warmth, wit, and that rare variety of irreverence that possesses real heart.”

  — Texas Observer

• “Above the East China Sea should be the one that lands Bird among the literary elite. This is the rare tome that has the goods for both popular and critical acclaim at the highest level.”

  — Dallas Morning News

• “Links between the two girls, hinted at early on, crystallize as Luz’s quest to learn more about her ancestors takes her deeper into the past and into the traditions that still exert a hold on daily Okinawan life. Bird, whose other novels include the well-received Yokota Officers Club, has delivered a multilayered and utterly involving work with plenty of grist for book discussions.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “A rich and engrossing achievement…a suspenseful and magical journey…Fans of Amy Tan or Khaled Hosseini will be drawn to the adept mingling of settings and cultures.”

  — Library Journal

• “Four narrators tell the interwoven stories of two teenagers—one American and one Okinawan—in clear voices with few accents. In a plot that is both supernatural and historical, Tamiko Kokuba becomes a medical worker on Okinawa in 1945, and Luz James, an American Army brat, searches for information about her Japanese grandmother in the present. Japanese words are subtly inflected and interspersed with unaccented English.”

  — AudioFile