Mistress Oriku: Stories from a Tokyo Teahouse
"Royall Tyler's translations are nothing short of superbcrisp, restrained, ably balancing the ribald and the profound."Booklist
Sensitive, compassionate, and indomitable, Mistress Oriku has abandoned the pleasure trades of Tokyo to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. Despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative, intellectual and political circles.
Oriku finds herself the subject of unanticipated attention, because along with her passion for music, theater and storytelling, she offers her own invaluable talents: a vibrant appreciation of life, an unparalleled gift for hospitality, and the maturity and sensitivity necessary to instruct young people in the all-important arts of love. Her independent thinking and love of Tokyo's traditions offer a unique perspective on the surprising complexity and contradictions of the Japanese culture of the era.
Now available in English for the first time, Japan's beloved Mistress Oriku is filled with clear-eyed nostalgia for the vanishedand entirely captivatingworld of old Tokyo.
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Sensitive, compassionate, and indomitable, Mistress Oriku has abandoned the pleasure trades of Tokyo to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. Despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative, intellectual and political circles.
Oriku finds herself the subject of unanticipated attention, because along with her passion for music, theater and storytelling, she offers her own invaluable talents: a vibrant appreciation of life, an unparalleled gift for hospitality, and the maturity and sensitivity necessary to instruct young people in the all-important arts of love. Her independent thinking and love of Tokyo's traditions offer a unique perspective on the surprising complexity and contradictions of the Japanese culture of the era.
Now available in English for the first time, Japan's beloved Mistress Oriku is filled with clear-eyed nostalgia for the vanishedand entirely captivatingworld of old Tokyo.
Mistress Oriku: Stories from a Tokyo Teahouse
"Royall Tyler's translations are nothing short of superbcrisp, restrained, ably balancing the ribald and the profound."Booklist
Sensitive, compassionate, and indomitable, Mistress Oriku has abandoned the pleasure trades of Tokyo to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. Despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative, intellectual and political circles.
Oriku finds herself the subject of unanticipated attention, because along with her passion for music, theater and storytelling, she offers her own invaluable talents: a vibrant appreciation of life, an unparalleled gift for hospitality, and the maturity and sensitivity necessary to instruct young people in the all-important arts of love. Her independent thinking and love of Tokyo's traditions offer a unique perspective on the surprising complexity and contradictions of the Japanese culture of the era.
Now available in English for the first time, Japan's beloved Mistress Oriku is filled with clear-eyed nostalgia for the vanishedand entirely captivatingworld of old Tokyo.
Sensitive, compassionate, and indomitable, Mistress Oriku has abandoned the pleasure trades of Tokyo to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. Despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative, intellectual and political circles.
Oriku finds herself the subject of unanticipated attention, because along with her passion for music, theater and storytelling, she offers her own invaluable talents: a vibrant appreciation of life, an unparalleled gift for hospitality, and the maturity and sensitivity necessary to instruct young people in the all-important arts of love. Her independent thinking and love of Tokyo's traditions offer a unique perspective on the surprising complexity and contradictions of the Japanese culture of the era.
Now available in English for the first time, Japan's beloved Mistress Oriku is filled with clear-eyed nostalgia for the vanishedand entirely captivatingworld of old Tokyo.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781462912612 |
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Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing |
Publication date: | 06/11/2013 |
Series: | Tuttle Classics |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 288 |
File size: | 6 MB |
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