The Book of Loss
Julith Jedamus, . . St. Martin's, $23.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-312-34907-3
Told in the style of the classical Japanese women's diaries from the Heian era (794–1185 C.E.) Jedamus's first book is a melodramatic court romance. The banishment of Kanesuke no Tachibana for his crime of seducing the emperor's daughter sets off a bitter feud between the brooding narrator—who is 29, unnamed and a provincial governor's daughter—and her friend-turned-rival Izumi no Jiju. They both love Kanesuke, and they are both ladies-in-waiting to Empress Akiko (real-life mistress to
Reviewed on: 04/24/2006
Genre: Fiction
Open Ebook - 304 pages - 978-1-4668-8286-7
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