Dying in a strange land
著者
書誌事項
Dying in a strange land
(A Latitude 20 book)
University of Hawaii Press, c2008
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全5件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Milton Murayama's long-awaited ""Dying in a Strange Land"" brings to a close the saga of the Oyama family. Familiar faces from ""All I Asking For Is My Body"", ""Five Years on a Rock"", and ""Plantation Boy"" return to advance the story from the years immediately following World War II to the 1980s. After her husband sinks them deep in debt, strong-willed and pragmatic Sawa takes charge of the family. The war ends and her children leave the plantation camp for Honolulu and the Mainland, but Sawa has little time for loneliness or regret. When asked by her neighbors if she misses them, she replies, ""They must look for what they want.""However, Tosh, the eldest - who has long been saddled with the burden of his family's failures in addition to his own - is wise to his mother's ""sob stories"": ""She going hold you to your samurai's word,"" he warns his brothers. Even after he becomes an architect, Tosh is quick to blame his problems on ""oya-koh-koh"" (filial piety).Living on the East Coast, Kiyo, the third son, takes any job that doesn't leave him too word-weary to write in his spare time. At 52 he finally finds acclaim when he publishes a novel about issei and nisei in rural Hawai'i.Not much is expected of Miwa, the fifth child and second daughter. Pregnant at sixteen and forced to leave school, she is rejected by her family and bullied by her in-laws until she finds work as a maid at one of the new hotels in West Maui. A surprise promotion brings Miwa self-esteem and a good income - and respect from her relatives.
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