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The Strangeness of Beauty
The Strangeness of Beauty | Lydia Y. Minatoya
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Shortly before World War II, Etsuko returns to Japan with her infant nephew to dwell in the foreboding samurai home of her estranged mother, where she struggles to find inner peace as the world descends into war. A first novel. Reprint. 12,000 first printing.
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MaureenMc
The Strangeness of Beauty | Lydia Y. Minatoya
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Lyrical and bittersweet novel following three generations of Japanese/Japanese-American women in pre-WWII Japan. I learned so much from this story, which is one of my favorite things about historical fiction.

Readswithcoffee I agree! Historical Fiction is on of my favorite genres. 5y
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BiblioNyan
The Strangeness of Beauty | Lydia Y. Minatoya
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Had to DNF at 67%.

The book is beautifully written but the format is quite eccentric. It‘s made to be something known as an I-story which is like a memoir & a personal journal. Because of the various shifts in tone & subject matter, mostly without much notice, it can be difficult to focus on. It‘s a book you really need to devote yourself to & with my ADHD being pretty bad recently, I had to put it aside. One day I WILL finish it.

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BiblioNyan
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This is so eloquent and beautiful. I‘m awed completely.

#diversebooks #japaneselit #thestrangenessofbeauty

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BiblioNyan
The Strangeness of Beauty | Lydia Y. Minatoya
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I just began reading The Strangeness of Beauty. It‘s an #OwnVoices JPN-Am historical fiction novel. I really like the set-up. The MC is the narrator & the book is written in an autobiographic style. The prose is also very lovely & vivd.

It‘s about a girl who raises her sister‘s daughter after she passes in Seattle. Circumstances take them back to their samurai home & family in Japan, taking them up to & thru WWII.

#diversebooks #japaneselit