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pp 480 paperback in very good condition; clean pages; uncreased spine that has some rubbing along the edge; light edgewearThe story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history-Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan's most mysterious rite-the tea ceremony-became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield. We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter, Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. Aurelia becomes Yukako's closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty.
Title: The Teahouse Fire
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Cultural Heritage,
Publisher: US, Penguin Publishing Group: 2007
ISBN Number: 159448273X
ISBN Number 13: 9781594482731
Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Type: Paperback
Size: 5.1 x 1 x 8 inches
Seller ID: PGB614