Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Lesley Downer
yhteensä 9 hakutulosta
The Shortest History of Japan: From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse?the Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation
Zen, haiku, martial arts, sushi, anime, manga, film, video games . . . Japanese culture has long enriched our Western way of life. Yet from a Western perspective, Japan remains a …
Courtesan and the Samurai
When enemy soldiers attack her house she flees across the shattered city of Tokyo and takes refuge in the Yoshiwara, its famous pleasure-quarters.There she is forced to become a …
The Last Concubine
Japan, 1865, the women's palace in the great city of Edo. Bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man - the young …
On the Narrow Road: Journey Into a Lost Japan
Following the eight-hundred-mile trek of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, this journey into a lost Japan explores the possibilities of an older, simpler way of life that still exists …
Samurai's Daughter
In the brave new Japan of the 1870s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; But Nobu will have to fight and maybe kill Taka's father and brother, while Taka now has to …
Shogun's Queen
Behind the palace's immaculate facade, amid rumours of murder and whispers of ghosts, Atsu must uncover the secret of the man whose fate, it seems, is irrevocably linked to hers - …
On the Narrow Road to the Deep North: Journey Into a Lost Japan
After eight years working in Japan, immersing herself in its language and literature, Lesley Chan Downer set off in the footsteps of Matsuo Basho, Japan's most cherished poet, to …
Women of the Pleasure Quarters
From critically acclaimed author and Japanese scholar Lesley Downer, an enchanting portrait of the mysterious world of the geisha.Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, they have …
Regina din umbra
Japonia, 1853. Crescuta în rândul samurailor din clanul Satsuma, apriga, frumoasa ?i încapa?ânata Okatsu, la fel ca toate femeile din clan, a fost mereu încurajata sa fie …