Download or read book Turning Japanese written by David Mura and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984, David Mura, a third-generation Japanese-American, was awarded a writing grant to live in Japan. After years of ignoring his ethnic heritage, Mura, with his wife (an American), embarked on a trip that profoundly changed his life. Turning Japanese chronicles his quest for self-knowledge and racial identity.