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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... gave me generous readings. The 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 ...
... gave me generous readings . The 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 ...
... gave me a tour of his pottery studio and his huge papier - mache Daruma for good luck . My guides in Matsue were Kenji Tatano , Yuko Seii , and Hiromi Immamoto . In Tokyo , novelist Minako Oba , Professors Shigeo Hamano , Hideko ...
... gave me invaluable assistance . The friendships of Kim Church , Anthony Ulinksi , and Betty and Don Adcock were sustaining in many ways . I am grateful to The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts , which afforded me time and peaceful ...
... gave it to me— you can't take it . " For a moment they studied her gravely . Then all but Miss Fuji- zawa tactfully lowered their eyes . " We are sorry we have upset you too much , " Miss Fujizawa said . " We will leave you to your rest ...