From My Grandmother's Bedside by Norma Field

From My Grandmother's Bedside by Norma Field

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An account of the author's return to Japan to tend to her dying grandmother in 1995. She juxtaposes details from daily life with observations on the changes that have transformed Japan, touching on subjects such as the atomic bomb and the effects of Japan's postwar economic boom.

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From My Grandmother's Bedside by Norma Field

An account of the author's return to Japan to tend to her dying grandmother in 1995. She juxtaposes details from daily life with observations on the changes that have transformed Japan, touching on subjects such as the atomic bomb and the effects of Japan's postwar economic boom.
Norma Field is Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, and author of In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: A Portrait of Japan at Century's End (1991) and The Splendor of Longing in "The Tale of Genji" (1987).
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ISBN 13 9780520208445
ISBN 10 0520208447
Title From My Grandmother's Bedside
Author Norma Field
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 1997-11-28
Number of pages 204
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.