Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman’s Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan Amy Stanley Vintage

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Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change\'Compelling... Deeply absorbing\' GuardianThe daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in a village in Japan\'s snow country and was expected to lead a life much like her mother\'s. Instead - after three divorces and with a temperament much too strong-willed for her family\'s approval - she ran away to follow her own path in Edo, the city we now call Tokyo.Stranger in the Shogun\'s City is a rare, captivating portrait of one woman as she endeavours to recreate herself and her life, and provides a window into the drama and excitement of Japan at a pivotal moment in history.\'Marvellous... Stanley builds up a picture of Tsuneno\'s world, immersing us in an experience akin to time travel\' TLS* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography 2020 ** Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2021 ** Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography ** Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown * Σελίδες: 352, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

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