The Waiting Years

Description

Product ID:	9780099589457
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Waiting Years
Authors:	Author: Fumiko Enchi
Page Count:	192
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Fiction in translation, Historical fiction, Fiction in translation, Japan, c 1800 to c 1900
Description:	Select Guide Rating Published for the first time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest modern female writers In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. Published for the first time in the UK, one of Japan''s greatest modern female writers In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. From among hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up for sale by their families she must select a respectable young girl to become her husband’s new lover. Externally calm, but torn apart inside, Tomo dutifully begins the search for an official mistress. The Waiting Years was awarded Japan’s most prestigious literary award, the Noma Prize.
Imprint Name:	Vintage Classics
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2019-11-07

Weight	142 g
Dimensions	191 × 132 × 13 mm