The Teahouse Fire
The story of two women whose lives intersect in late nineteenth century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history-Japan as it opens its doors to the West. Told through the enchanting and unforgettable voice of Aurelia, an...
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The story of two women whose lives intersect in late nineteenth century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history-Japan as it opens its doors to the West. Told through the enchanting and unforgettable voice of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by proprietors of a tea ceremony school, this is "a magisterial novel that is equal parts love story, imaginative history and bildungsroman, a story as alluring as it is powerful" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781594482731 (159448273X)
ASIN: 159448273X
Publish date: December 4th 2007
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 465
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Food And Drink,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Glbt,
Queer,
Japanese Literature,
Tea
Improbable but interesting - a 19th century Franco-American girl ends up in Japan with a missionary uncle and ends up running away and is taken in by a family whose fortune lies in the art of tea. Listening to the audiobook, I did have some trouble keeping track of the characters and the politics b...
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