The China lover
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The China lover
AUTHOR:
Buruma, Ian
ISBN:
9780143116080
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York [etc.] : Penguin Books, 2009
PHYSICAL_DESC:
392 p. ; 22 cm
ABSTRACT:
In Buruma's reimagining of the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese torn among patriotism for her parents, a homeland, worldly ambition, and sympathy for the Chinese, she would reflect almost exactly the twists and turns in the history of modern Japan.
SUBJECT:
| Actresses -- Japan -- Fiction |
| Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 -- Fiction |
BIBSUMMARY:
In Buruma's reimagining of the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese torn among patriotism for her parents, a homeland, worldly ambition, and sympathy for the Chinese, she would reflect almost exactly the twists and turns in the history of modern Japan.