Flight Paths of the Emperor

Download or read book Flight Paths of the Emperor written by Steven Heighton and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set mainly in the psychologically insulated communities of expatriate teachers in Osaka, Japan, these fourteen stories seek to understand issues of national or personal honour, and the problematic importance of family. Heighton also examines subtly related themes, like death, age, marriage, war and poetry, while hinting at autobiography throughout. Sophisticated, passionate and elegantly told, this collection, first published in 1992, was nominated for the 1992 Ontario Trillium Book Award and brought Steven Heighton much national acclaim.