The Teahouse Fire
by Avery, Ellis
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 1594489300
- ISBN 13
- 9781594489303
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Synopsis
Like attending seasons of elegant tea partieseach one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.”Maxine Hong Kingston The 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 historyJapan 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 ritethe tea ceremonybecame 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. Told in an enchanting and unforgettable voice, The Teahouse Fire is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GRP91165142
- Title
- The Teahouse Fire
- Author
- Avery, Ellis
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594489300
- ISBN 13
- 9781594489303
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- December 28, 2006
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