Temple of Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Japanese Literature (Dalkey)
ISBN-10
1564784908
ISBN-13
9781564784902
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Imprint
Dalkey Archive Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 17th, 2008
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
458 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 16.10 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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The Temple of the Wild Geese, a semi-autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mother, a beggar, abandoned him. Sent to live at a temple at the age of ten, his resentment smolders for years until it explodes in a shocking climax. In Bamboo Dolls of Echizen, no woman is willing to marry the diminutive Kisuke, a bamboo artisan, until Tamae, a prostitute, comes to pay her respects at the grave of Kisuke's father. In Tamae, Kisuke sees shadows of his own mother, who died when he was young, and the two eventually marry. Since Kisuke seeks only motherly affection from Tamae, the two never become lovers. Instead, Tamae devotes herself to caring for Kisuke as a mother would, and he thrives as a renowned maker of bamboo dolls.
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