The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters

The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters

'In the wake of World War Two, a generation of Japanese women found itself frozen, as if in amber - the last representatives of an exquisite, ancient culture slowly being crushed between the realisation of its own brutality and the coming American Century'

This is a lovely collection of tales, exploring different generations of women during and after WW2. In an ever changing society their hopes, dreams and recollections are explored in this extraordinary collection of stories.

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