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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... Beside her was Mrs. Nakano, the English department head who had hired her last year in Chapel Hill. Behind the women were two of the college workmen, Sato and Murai. They all bowed and said good afternoon, the women in English, the men ...
... Beside her was Mrs. Na- kano , the English department head who had hired her last year in Chapel Hill . Behind the women were two of the college workmen , Sato and Murai . They all bowed and said good afternoon , the women in English ...
... beside the tansu , inhaling its dark , tangy odor . Michi had told her the chest was unusual in that it had been made entirely of camphor wood . The bottles of wine were stocky , the papers tight around them . She laid her hand on one ...
... ily now , a blur of white flakes . Barbara drew the curtains and sat beside the tansu . The wines were arranged in reverse chronological order , right to left , like a Japanese text . There were no wines for the years # 9.
... beside the window . It was still not quite dark , early for bed , but she wanted to be in the futon she'd made up , under the electric blanket . She undressed and slid into the futon . The camphor fragrance of the chest filled the room ...