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The Waiting Years - Community Reviews back

by Fumiko Enchi, John Bester
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Maven Books
Maven Books rated it 19 years ago
A rather depressing tale of a Japanese woman's experiences in the late 18th and 19th centuries, beginning with the task of finding her husband a mistress. Much family drama throughout. The translation was a bit awkward, but the story was interesting.
Merle
Merle rated it 56 years ago
A book about a Japanese woman and her husband's mistresses/concubines, and how everybody in this complicated household gets along, and why patriarchy sucks.I am not rating this book, or really reviewing it, because I was not able to fully appreciate it, but also don't think that was the author's fau...
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