It is the early eighties, and the housing industry is booming. Previously unpopulated mountainous areas of the Japanese countryside are being leveled to accommodate new waves of people. Similarly, a new wave of feminism, particularly a change in attitudes toward marriage and child-rearing, is growing among the women of Japan. Both the physical and social landscapes are in flux. In her early forties, married, and childless by choice, Kyoko has no compunction about getting what she wants. But when she begins a relationship with a man who is as traditional and conformist as they come, the result is at times uncomfortable, at others comical, but ultimately fatal. Beautifully written by Taeko Tomioka, a renowned poet, Building Waves is often droll in tone, but always touching in its portrayal of a culture divided, and ultimately swept away, by ferocious waves of change.
Title: Building Waves
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Taeko Tomioka
;
By (author)
Louise Heal Kawai
ISBN 13: 9781564787156
ISBN 10: 156478715X
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication Date: 24/04/2012
Place of Publication:
Normal,
United States
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Dewey Classification:
895.635
(DC21)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 193
Height: 202mm
Width: 139mm
Thickness: 15mm
Weight: 258g