{"product_id":"inheritance-from-mother-paperback","title":"Inheritance from Mother - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMinae Mizumura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJuliet Winters Carpenter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, this Osaragi Jiro Award-winning novel demystifies the notion of the selfless Japanese mother and the adult daughter honor-bound to care for her.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMitsuki Katsura, a Japanese woman in her mid-fifties, is a French-language instructor at a private university in Tokyo. Her husband, whom she met in Paris, is a professor at another private university. He is having an affair with a much younger woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to her husband's infidelity, Mitsuki must deal with her ailing eighty-something mother, a demanding, self-absorbed woman who is far from the image of the patient, self-sacrificing Japanese matriarch. Mitsuki finds herself guiltily dreaming of the day when her mother will finally pass on. While doing everything she can to ensure her mother's happiness, she grows weary of the responsibilities of being a doting daughter and worries she is sacrificing her chance to find fulfillment in her middle age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eInheritance from Mother\u003c\/i\u003e not only offers insight into a complex and paradoxical culture, but is also a profound work about mothers and daughters, marriage, old age, and the resilience of women.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMinae Mizumura\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most important writers in Japan today. Born in Tokyo, she moved with her family to Long Island, New York when she was twelve. She studied French literature at Yale College and Yale Graduate School. Her other novels include the Yomiuri Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eA True Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2013), \u003ci\u003eZoku meian\u003c\/i\u003e (Light and Dark Continued), a sequel to the unfinished classic \u003ci\u003eLight and Dark\u003c\/i\u003e by Soseki Natsume, and \u003ci\u003eShishosetsu from left to right\u003c\/i\u003e (An I-Novel from Left to Right), an autobiographical work. Her most recent book in English, \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Language in the Age of English\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2015 by Columbia University Press. She lives in Tokyo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuliet Winters Carpenter\u003c\/b\u003e studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan and the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo. Carpenter's translation of Kobo Abe's novel \u003ci\u003eSecret Rendezvous\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1980 Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247091990777,"sku":"9781590519851","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Wmg1bHFjb0R3Mnk3OHVMRUxkZEhEUT09.webp?v=1768620889","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/inheritance-from-mother-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}