Plum wine : a novel /
"Barbara Jefferson, a young American teaching in Tokyo in the 1960s, is set on a life-changing quest when her Japanese surrogate mother, Michi, dies, leaving her a tansu of homemade plum wines wrapped in rice paper. Within the papers Barbara discovers writings in Japanese calligraphy that compr...
Основен автор: | Davis-Gardner, Angela. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books,
℗♭2006.
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Серия: |
Library of American fiction.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=338842 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Plum wine. |
Резюме: |
"Barbara Jefferson, a young American teaching in Tokyo in the 1960s, is set on a life-changing quest when her Japanese surrogate mother, Michi, dies, leaving her a tansu of homemade plum wines wrapped in rice paper. Within the papers Barbara discovers writings in Japanese calligraphy that comprise a startling personl narrative. With the help of her translator, Seiji Okada, Barbara begins to unravel the mysteries of Michi's life, a story that begins in the early twentieth century and continues through World War II and its aftermath."--Jacket. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 316 pages). |
ISBN: |
9780299211639 0299211630 |