by Gail Tsukiyama (Author)
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. There he meets four local residents, and what ensues is a classical yet wonderfully unique adventure that seizes the imagination with its clean, simple yet dazzling storytelling.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 211
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Published: 30 Jun 1996
ISBN 10: 0312144075
ISBN 13: 9780312144074
Tsukiyama brings a fluid, smooth elegance to the complicated story she tells. --The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
An exraordinary graceful and moving novel about goodness and beauty. Tsukiyama is a wise and spellbinding storytelling. --Booklist
Beautifully crafted . . . Tsukiyama's writing is crystalline and delicate, and notably in her evocative of time and place. --Publishers Weekly
Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, Gail Tsukiyama now lives in El Cerrito, California. Her novels include Dreaming Water, Women of the Silk, The Language of Threads, and Night of Many Dreams.
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