The Ginger Tree: A Classic Historical Romance – A Scottish Woman's Forbidden Love in Japan - Couverture souple

Wynd, Oswald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060959673 ISBN 13 : 9780060959678

Editeur : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002

Synopsis

“One of the few contemporary novels to show Japan as it was and is.” — Japan Times

The classic bittersweet story of love and betrayal in the Far East.

A stunning tour de force acclaimed throughout the world, The Ginger Tree is the spellbinding odyssey of one woman's strength and spirit in the face of terrifying odds.

In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attaché in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Oswald Wynd (1913-1998) was born in Tokyo to Scottish missionaries and spent his formative years in Japan. He attended the University of Edinburgh and joined the Scots Guards in 1939. During World War II, Wynd spent three years as a Japanese prisoner of war; it was at this time that he began to write seriously. He is the author of many novels including The Blazing Air and Death the Red Flower. Under the pseudonym Gavin Black, Wynd wrote many well-received thrillers. He died in Scotland.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attaché in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060959673
• ISBN 13: 9780060959678
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
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