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Strangeness of Beauty by Lydia Minatoya (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393321401

ISBN-139780393321401

eBay Product ID (ePID)1740107

Product Key Features

Book TitleStrangeness of Beauty

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicCultural Heritage, Family Life, Literary, Asian American, Historical

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorLydia Minatoya

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight11.9 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-055250

ReviewsHow sad it was to finish Lydia Minatoya's first novel. She allowed me to live inside the sensibilities of three generations of achingly engaging Japanese women and I did not want to let them go. The Strangeness of Beauty is a strange and beautiful work of art., How sad it was to finish Lydia Minatoya's first novel. She allowed me to live inside the sensibilities of three generations of achingly engaging Japanese women and I did not want to let them go. The Strangeness of Beauty is a strange and beautiful work of art. -- Robert Olen Butler

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisA quietly daring exploration of art, family, culture, and conscience, as three generations of women, American and Japanese, face a strained reunion in pre-World War II Japan. Etsuko and her six-year-old motherless niece return from jazz-age Seattle to the ancient Japanese household of Etsuko's mysterious samurai mother. With Japanese militarism mounting, the women must learn to make peace in an absorbing tale where mothers are childless, warriors are pacifists, and beauty is found in the common and the small.