The Waiting Years (Flamingo S.) - Softcover

Enchi, Fumiko

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9780006544524: The Waiting Years (Flamingo S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006544525 ISBN 13: 9780006544524

Publisher: Flamingo, 1992

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In the late 19th century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. From among the hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up for sale by their families she must select a young girl to be her husband's mistress.

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Review:

"Thought-provoking and heart-wrenching" (The Daily News Journal)

"A prize-winning novel by one of Japan's most notable women authors" (Library Journal)

"A subtle dissection of the attitudes of Japanese women" (Pacific Citizen)

"The author is a woman of great intelligence, profound psychological insight, and extraordinary sensitivity" (Monumenta Nipponica)

"Absorbing, sensitive, and utterly heartrending" (Charles Beardsley)

Book Description:

Fumiko Enchi was a well known female Japanese writer, whose work is often compared to Yukio Mishima. She won the big Japanese Literary prizes in the 1940s (the Noma & Tanizaki) and has never been published in the UK.

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