Synopsis:

A young Japanese woman, Tatsuru, left behind after the Japanese defeat in Manchuria, is sold as a concubine to a Chinese couple to give birth to their children.   After the Communist takeover, Tatsuru's identity is hidden, and she pretends to be mute.  Family life continues peacefully, with the children unaware of Tatsuru's identity or the fact that she is their birth mother.  Then the husband and Tatsuru fall passionately in love....

 

 

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Topics/Categories:

China Japan World War II

Genre:

Asian-American Studies - Interest, Chinese - Chinese-American Literature, Japanese - Japanese-American Literature, Literary Fiction

Type of Work:

Novel

Awards:

See publishing notes.

Purchase From:

小姨多鶴 - simplified Chinese characters
小姨多鶴 - traditional Chinese characters

Original Publish Date:

April 1, 2008

Publishing Notes:

Note: Mainland edition has ISBN 13 only: 9787506342490. Awards Received: First Prize, Best Novel of 2008, by the Chinese Novel Academy. Best Novel of Past Five Years for Little Aunt Tatsuru, awarded by Modern World Publishing Company of Beijing, December 2008. 中國小說學會2008年最佳小說 “小姨多鶴”。五年最佳小说： “小姨多鹤”， 北京当代世界出版社， 2008年12月。

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