Street of a Thousand Blossoms A Novel

Name: Street of a Thousand Blossoms A Novel
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ISBN: 9780312384777

ISBN-10: 0312384777

ISBN-13: 9780312384777

Edition: 2010

Authors: Gail Tsukiyama

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It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future ?rmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh theater masks. But as the ripples of war spread to their quiet neighborhood, the brothers must put their dreams on holdand forge their own paths in a new Japan. Meanwhile, the two young daughters of a renowned sumo master ?nd their lives increasingly intertwined with the fortunes of their father's star pupil, Hiroshi. The Street of a Thousand Blossomsis a powerfully moving masterpiece about tradition and change, loss and…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 8/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.59" wide x 8.25" long x 1.23" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Gail Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco, where she later pursued her B. A. and M. A. at San Francisco State University. Tsukiyama is a lecturer at the San Francisco State University and a book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Tsukiyama has written Night of Many Dreams, Women of the Silk, and The Samurai's Garden. She is also the recipient of an Academy of American Poets award.