The Gardens Of Kyoto
by:
Kate Walbert (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781860499333 (1860499333)
Publish date: August 1st 2002
Publisher: Virago
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Contemporary,
Asia,
World War II,
Japan
Kate Walbert is an extraordinary author. She has a way with words, both lyrical and seductive. If she wrote the telephone book, I know that it would be one of the most beautiful books ever written. This is my third novel by Walbert, and each time she amazes me again with the poetry and imagery wi...
at first, i thought that she was trying too hard to write in a literary way, but as it got going, i really started enjoying her writing. the story itself was good, but not really what i was looking for in this moment. i might have liked it better if i'd read it some other time, it's hard to say.