Flight Paths of the Emperor

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Flight Paths of the Emperor is written by Steven Heighton and published by Vintage Canada. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0307369498 (ISBN 10) and 9780307369499 (ISBN 13).

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.