The River Ki

By Sawako Ariyoshi and Sawako; Tahara Ariyoshi

Book Overview

The River Ki dominates the lives of the people who live in its fertile valley and imparts a vital strength to three women - mother, daughter and granddaughter - around whom this novel is built. It provides them with the courage to cope with the unprecedented changes that occurred in Japan around the late 19th, early 20th centuries. The River Ki, short and swift and broad like most Japanese rivers, flows into the sea not far south of Osaka. On its journey seaward, it passes through countryside that has long been at the heart of the Japanese tradition. And it flows too

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770030002
• ISBN13: 9784770030009
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Kodansha USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.2" x 0.8" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

3 generations of Japanese women

This is one of the best generational sagas about Japan that I have read. All three women in the book represent a time of change, yet all three are multi-dimensional and understandable characters. It is difficult to find quality Japanese liturature in English by women. This is worthy of the name "classic"