Sword and Blossom A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman |
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| Author:
| Pagnamenta, Peter
Williams, Momoko |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-311214-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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Sword and Blossomtells the tragic true story of an extraordinary love affair that began when a young Army officer fell in love with a Japanese woman in the early years of the twentieth century. Based on a treasure trove of more than eight hundred letters, it chronicles Arthur Hart- Synnot and Masa Suzukis attempts to make a life together despite long periods of separation, racial prejudice, and political turbulence. Their doomed relationship, like that of their countries, was part of...
More DescriptionSword and Blossomtells the tragic true story of an extraordinary love affair that began when a young Army officer fell in love with a Japanese woman in the early years of the twentieth century. Based on a treasure trove of more than eight hundred letters, it chronicles Arthur Hart- Synnot and Masa Suzukis attempts to make a life together despite long periods of separation, racial prejudice, and political turbulence. Their doomed relationship, like that of their countries, was part of a confused age of extremes and contradictions, of violence and beauty, and of destinies etched out amid the conflicts of the first half of the twentieth century.