Chorus of Mushrooms

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’
Prize for Best First Book (Caribbean and Canadian Region)!

Co-winner
of the Canada-Japan Book Award!

Hiromi
Goto’s debut novel has become a Canadian classic. It is a powerful narrative of
three generations of Japanese Canadian women on the Canadian
prairies.

Funny, scandalous, and melancholic, this
superlative narrative is filled with echoes and retellings, memories and
Japanese folk tales. From The Tale of Genji to the Calgary
Stampede, from sharing of recipes to hitchhiking the Trans-Canada highway, it
weaves a story that slides between histories, countries, and desire. It is a
timeless exploration of immigration and belonging.

This
twentieth anniversary reprinting of the landmark novel includes an Afterword by
Larissa Lai (When Fox is a Thousand, Salt Fish Girl) and an
interview with the author.