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Thursday, January 31st at 7:00 PM
GAIL TSUKIYAMA discusses and signs
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
(St. Martin's, $24.95)
At the Redwood City Library
1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 780-7018
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"Tsukiyama ... brings to life another sumptuously written work. Set in Japan and spanning over 25 years (1939-66), the novel unravels the hardships and triumphs of two brothers raised by their loving maternal grandparents following the loss of their parents in a tragic accident. The dreams of older brother Hiroshi of becoming a sumotori (a sumo wrestler) and younger brother Kenji of becoming a Noh theater mask artisan are quelled by the onset of World War II. Passages describing the devastation wrought by the atomic bombings upon their lives and of those close to them ... are well written and emotionally gripping. Taking readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride, Tsukiyama deftly illustrates the meaning of resilience without shying away from life's lows as limbs are mangled, children are lost, and characters die either in accidents or by their own hand. As in her other novels, Tsukiyama proves to be adept at capturing sensory detail, whether she's creating the world of sumo or of Noh mask making," said Library Journal. | |
| To reserve a copy, email us at info@mformystery.com or telephone us at the store (see numbers below). |
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Phone: 650-401-8077
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