On the eve of the Second World War, a young Chinese man is sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. He will rest, swim in the salubrious sea and paint in the brilliant shoreside light. It will be quiet and solitary.
But he meets four local residents-a beautiful Japanese girl and three older people. What then ensues is a tale that readers will find at once classical yet utterly unique. Young Stephen has his own adventure, but it is the unfolding story of Matsu, Sachi and Kenzo that seizes your attention and will stay with you forever.
Gail Tsukiyama has, with lines as clean, simple, telling and dazzling as the best Oriental art, created a small, moving masterpiece.
Gail Tsukiyama lives in El Cerrito, California. Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, she is also the author of "Women of the Silk", "Night Of Many Dreams", and "Language of Threads".
ISBN:
9780312144074
Binding:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
01/05/2001
Category:
Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Imprint:
Griffin
Pages:
Stock:
To order
Price:
$18.99 AUD
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