Plum Wine: A NovelTerrace Books, 01/04/2006 - 332 páginas 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 personal 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. |
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... 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 personal narrative . With the ...
... Japan—Fiction. 2. Translating and interpreting—Fiction. 3. Inheritance and succession—Fiction. 4. Hiroshima-shi (Japan)—Fiction. 5. Atomic bomb victims—Fiction. 6. Female friendship—Fiction. 7. College teachers—Fiction. 8. Women ...
... Japan - Fiction . 2. Translating and interpreting — Fiction . 3. Inheritance and succession - Fiction . 4. Hiroshima - shi ( Japan ) —Fiction . 5. Atomic bomb victims - Fiction . 6. Female friendship - Fiction . 7. College teachers ...
... Japan Foundation awarded me a fellowship that allowed me to do final in-field research for this book in the summer of 1996. Keiko Suzuki helped me prepare for the trip with introductions and much sensible advice. While I was in Japan ...
... Japan Foundation awarded me a fellowship that allowed me to do final in - field research for this book in the summer of 1996 . Keiko Suzuki helped me prepare for the trip with introductions and much sensible advice . While I was in Japan ...