This powerful, deeply felt, and impeccably researched fiction is irresistibly evocative.' -Publishers Weekly, starred review, 'It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing.' -National Public Radio 'The breadth of I Hotel's embrace is encyclopedic and its effect is kaleidoscopic. Yamashita accomplishes a dynamic feat of mimesis by throwing together achingly personal stories of lovers, old men, and orphaned children able synopses of historical events and social upheaval. Intriguing.' -Library Journal 'Stunningly complete. Yamashita's colossal novel of the dawn of Asian American culture is the literary equivalent of an intricate and vibrant street mural depicting a clamorous and righteous era of protest and creativity.' -Booklist, starred review 'Magnificent. With delightful plays of voice and structure, this is literary fiction at an adventurous, experimental high point.' -Kirkus Reviews 'Exuberant, irreverent, passionately researched.

It wants to inform and dazzle us on the confusions and conclusions on the question of culture and assimilation.' -Chicago Tribune ' one of my favorite books of all time.' -Jeff VanderMeer ' multiform swirl of a novel about a decade in the life of San Francisco's Chinatown and, by extension, the Asian experience in America. 'It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing.' -National Public Radio 'The breadth of I Hotel's embrace is encyclopedic and its effect is kaleidoscopic.

I hotel by karen tei yamashita