The Island of Bicycle Dancers

Name: The Island of Bicycle Dancers
ISBN: 9780312312466

Jiro Adachi

237 pages · about 4 hours
First published 2004
2 editions

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1 About this book

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Good for readers who want: a coming-of-age story and a love story.

Korean Americans
Koreans
Coming of age
Romance
Japanese Americans
Young women
New york

2 About Jiro Adachi

Born 1965

Jiro Adachi (born October 14, 1965) is an American writer best known for his novel The Island of Bicycle Dancers (2004). Jiro Adachi was born on October 14, 1965 in New York City, the son of a Japanese father and a Hungarian mother. He earned a BA in English from Columbia University and an MFA in creative writing from Colorado State University.

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