The Waiting Years
by:
Fumiko Enchi (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780870114243 (0870114247)
ASIN: 870114247
Publish date: September 1st 1980
Publisher: Kodansha America
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
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.
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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