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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... window, thinking of Rie's refusal to turn in a paper. Michisan would have consoled her about Rie, and advised her what to do. If only Michi were here: a thought that had lately become a mantra. As she took another spoonful of peanut ...
... window , thinking of Rie's refusal to turn in a paper . Michi - san would have consoled her about Rie , and ad- vised her what to do . If only Michi were here : a thought that had lately become a mantra . As she took another spoonful of ...
... window . Michi had served the New Year's day meal there , all the foods pre- pared just for Barbara : the chewy rice cakes called mochi and bream wrapped in bamboo leaves and served with carrots cut in the shape of turtles " for good ...
... 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 , a subtle ...
... window and the scroll beside it . She thought of the folktales Michi had told her , about figures leaving their paintings and scrolls going suddenly blank . A flock of sparrows were said to have flown from a screen once ; a horse in a ...