Woman on the other shore

Author(s)

• 角田, 光代 カクタ, ミツヨ
• Lammers, Wayne P.

Bibliographic Information

Woman on the other shore

Mitsuyo Kakuta ; translated by Wayne P. Lammers

Kodansha International, 2007

Other Title

Taigan no kanojo

対岸の彼女

英文版 : 対岸の彼女

Note

"Originally published in Japanese in 2004 by Bungei Shunju, Tokyo, under the title Taigan no kanojo"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9784770030436

Description

第１３２回直木賞受賞『対岸の彼女』英文版。

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Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9784770030436

Description

This compelling novel, widely acclaimed for its perceptive portrayal of the everyday lives and struggles of Japanese women, struck a deep chord with readers throughout Japan. In 2005 it won the prestigious Naoki Prize, awarded semiannually for the best work of popular fiction by an established writer. Sayoko, a thirty-five-year-old homemaker with a three-year-old child, begins working for Aoi, a free-spirited, single career woman her own age who runs a travel agency-housekeeping business. Timid and unable to connect with other mothers in her neighborhood,

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Details

• NCID: BA82344253
• ISBN:
  • 9784770030436
• LCCN: 2007001381
• Country Code: ja
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: jpn
• Place of Publication: Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: 271 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDLC : KH237
  • LCC : PL855.A3
  • DC22 : 895.6/36