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The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight.
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A Novel Painted with a Master's Brush
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Push Not the River
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Push Not the River is the rich story of Poland in the late 1700's - a time of heartache and turmoil as the country's once peaceful people are torn apart by neighboring countries and divided loyalties. It is then, at the young and vulnerable age of seventeen, that Lady Anna Maria Berezowska loses both of her parents and must leave the only home she has ever known.
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Save your time; buy something else.
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The Lioness o Morocco
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Reader does not know how to pronounce words
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Basic Story Interesting, But...
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Disappointing
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The best
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The Architect's Apprentice
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In 1540, 12-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan's beautiful daughter Princess Mihrimah. A palace education leads Jahan to Mimar Sinan, the empire's chief architect, who takes Jahan under his wing as they construct (with Chota's help) some of the most magnificent buildings in history.
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I feel like I should like it more than I do
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Madame Bovary
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Not my typical choice
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- Reed Ramlow
- 03-02-21
Moving tale of sorrowful times past
Excellent historical novel by Shin Kyung-sook. What a marvelous character she created with Yi Jin, the beyond beautiful, intelligent, and talented court dancer. I identified with the French diplomat, Victor. Jin mesmerized all she came across with her grace. But to be with her would involve sacrifice. This would not be a Korean story without "han," the deep, abiding sorrow that lives in Koreans, at least the older generations, because of its tortured history. With Jin, it was never a question of "if," but "when," and I'll leave it at that.
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- Jesse Sharpe
- 05-27-23
I Cried for This One
Brilliantly performed historical drama retelling the tragic and beautiful story of the first Korean woman to visit Europe at the end of the Joseon Dynasty's 500 year reign. I wanted more at the end but the story is based on a real life person and giving me the ending I want would have required too strong a distortion of history.
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- Brittany Schmidt
- 11-16-21
Beautiful yet Tragic
Rosa Escoda voice is absolutely divine, she has an absolute way of drawing in your attention. Her pronouncication of the Korean words were perfect. The story is beautiful yet tragic. I cried at the end 😭 I've recommended it to all my friends.
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- Sunny
- 10-10-21
Review before returning.
The narrator, story and characters caused me a dull headache from beginning to end. I kept hoping for something good, something hopeful, just something other than misery.
I didn't enjoy the narrator's accent at all. Also, she butchered the Korean names and words.
It seemed written to be a tear jerking, tragic K-drama: scenes revisited, travel to Paris, Chosun era costumes, etc.
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