An Osaragi Jiro Award-winning novel that demystifies the notion of the selfless Japanese mother and the adult daughter honor-bound to care for her.
Mitsuki Katsura, a Japanese woman in her mid-fifties, works at a private university in Tokyo. Her husband is having an affair with a much younger woman, and on top of that Mitsuki must deal with her ailing eighty-something mother, a demanding, self-absorbed woman who is far from the image of the patient, self-sacrificing Japanese matriarch. Mitsuki finds herself guiltily dreaming of the day when her mother will finally pass on. A literary novel that offers insight into a complex and paradoxical culture, while also being a profound work about mothers and daughters, and the resilience of women.
- | Author: Minae Mizumura
- | Publisher: Other Press LLC
- | Publication Date: Apr 09, 2019
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781590519851
- | ISBN-10: 159051985X
