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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... bottles . Each one was wrapped in heavy rice paper that was tied with a cord and sealed with a large dot of red wax . On the front of each bottle was a date , written in ink with a brush and below it , a vertical line of cal- ligraphy ...
... bottles of foreign manufacture . These must contain stronger spirits . " " But I saw these bottles — I'm sure this is umeshu . Please , it would be a comfort ... " gaze , her ex- Miss Fujizawa was silent , fixing upon her a basilisk ...
... bottles . They came to attention and stepped forward . " Hai , " they said , bowing energetically . " Hai , hai . " " I want the wine , " Barbara shouted . " Michi - san gave it to me— you can't take it . " For a moment they studied her ...
... bottle . She caught her breath . The inside of the page was covered with close vertical columns of Japanese characters . The calligraphy was meticulous but delicate , written with a brush rather than a pen . Most of the characters were ...
... bottle . She sat down in the midst of them and spread the 1965 paper flat on the tatami . The page was alive with kangi that looked like tiny maps . The brushwork was graceful and confi- dent ; the writing had an air of significance ...