
One Morning Like a Bird (Paperback)
Andrew Miller (author)Published: 23/07/2009
Tokyo, 1940. While Japan's war against China escalates, young Yuji Takano clings to his cocooned life: his beloved evenings of French conversation at Monsieur Feneon's, visits to the bathhouse with friends, his books, his poetry.
But conscription looms and the mood turns against foreigners, just when Yuji gets entangled with Feneon's daughter. As the nation heads towards conflict with the Allies, Yuji must decide where his duty - and his heart - lie.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9780340825150
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 300 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 26 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
A revelatory perspective on an Eastern city in the second world war ... The prose is as delicate as a Japanese print * Sunday Times *
Miller's Japanese characters are densely believable, and his recreation of their world is a real achievement * Guardian *
Miller's Japanese characters are densely believable, and his recreation of their world is a real achievement * Guardian *
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