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Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781501188527)
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x*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography*
*Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award*
*Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography* A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the city that would become Tokyo--and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West. The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional life much like her mother's. But after three divorces--and a temperament much too strong-willed for her family's approval--she ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities in the world: Edo, a bustling metropolis at its peak. With Tsuneno as our guide, we experience the drama and excitement of Edo just prior to the arrival of American Commodore Perry's fleet, which transformed Japan. During this pivotal moment in Japanese history, Tsuneno bounces from tenement to tenement, marries a masterless samurai, and eventually enters the service of a famous city magistrate. Tsuneno's life provides a window into 19th-century Japanese culture--and a rare view of an extraordinary woman who sacrificed her family and her reputation to make a new life for herself, in defiance of social conventions. Immersive and fascinating, Stranger in the Shogun's City is a revelatory work of history, layered with rich detail and delivered with beautiful prose, about the life of a woman, a city, and a culture.
Author: Amy Stanley
ISBN-10: 1501188526
ISBN-13: 9781501188527
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2020
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Award: Pulitzer Prize - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/04/2020
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2020
Booklist 05/15/2020 pg. 9
Shelf Awareness 08/11/2020
Library Journal 09/04/2020 pg. 1
*Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award*
*Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography* A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the city that would become Tokyo--and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West. The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional life much like her mother's. But after three divorces--and a temperament much too strong-willed for her family's approval--she ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities in the world: Edo, a bustling metropolis at its peak. With Tsuneno as our guide, we experience the drama and excitement of Edo just prior to the arrival of American Commodore Perry's fleet, which transformed Japan. During this pivotal moment in Japanese history, Tsuneno bounces from tenement to tenement, marries a masterless samurai, and eventually enters the service of a famous city magistrate. Tsuneno's life provides a window into 19th-century Japanese culture--and a rare view of an extraordinary woman who sacrificed her family and her reputation to make a new life for herself, in defiance of social conventions. Immersive and fascinating, Stranger in the Shogun's City is a revelatory work of history, layered with rich detail and delivered with beautiful prose, about the life of a woman, a city, and a culture.
Author: Amy Stanley
ISBN-10: 1501188526
ISBN-13: 9781501188527
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2020
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Award: Pulitzer Prize - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/04/2020
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2020
Booklist 05/15/2020 pg. 9
Shelf Awareness 08/11/2020
Library Journal 09/04/2020 pg. 1
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