Translucent Tree Contributor(s): Takagi, Nobuko (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934287148 ISBN-13: 9781934287149 Publisher: Vertical OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.63" W x 7.34" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Chigiri Yamazaki is a divorced single mother who has returned to Tsurugi City with her 11 year old daughter to care for her ailing father--a famouse sword maker whose business has completely faltered. It falls upon Chigiri to keep dept collectors at bay. Go Imai, a freelance documentary maker, is on a business trip from Tokyo and has decided to stop by this little town of Tsurugi, where he had come to do a story on Chigiri's father 25 years ago. Go reunites with Chigiri, and the two begin a love story of epic consequence and passion reminiscent of the works of Marguerite Duras and Alice Munro, set against the backdrop of bucolic Japan. |