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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... Michi-san's death. Barbara sat huddled at the electric table in her six-mat room, eating peanut butter washed down with green tea and reading student quizzes on original sin. It had just begun to snow, white petals floating haphazardly ...
... Michi - san's death . Barbara sat huddled at the The electric table in her six - mat room , eating peanut butter ... Michi - san would have consoled her about Rie , and ad- vised her what to do . If only Michi were here : a thought that ...
... Michi - san's apartment , eater- cornered from hers across the hall ; for the first time since Michi's death , the apartment door stood open . " A sort of tansu chest . Not a particularly fine one , I'm afraid . " Miss Fujizawa nodded ...
... Michi - san had told her that while Japanese men may drink a great deal , it was frowned upon for women of a certain class , and especially the women of Kodaira College . A little plum wine — umeshu — was ac- ceptable , however ...
... Michi - san , wren - like in her brown skirt and sweater as she stood at Barbara's door , a plate of freshly cooked tempura in her hands . " I just wanted to see your face this evening — how are you doing ? " " We are all saddened by ...