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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
by Tsukiyama, Gail
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0312384777
- ISBN 13
- 9780312384777
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
St Martin's Press, New York, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. Fine Condition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 423 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh theater masks. But as the ripples of war spread to their quiet neighborhood, the brothers must put their dreams on holdâ??and forge their own paths in a new Japan. Meanwhile, the two young daughters of a renowned sumo master find their lives increasingly intertwined with the fortunes of their father's star pupil, Hiroshi. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms is a powerfully moving masterpiece about tradition and change, loss and renewal, and love and family from a glorious storyteller at the height of her powers. Includes a section of Questions for Book Clubs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Contemporary fiction; Japan; 1940s; ISBN: 0312384777. ISBN/EAN: 9780312384777. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9858. . 9780312384777
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- Seller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 9858
- Title
- The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
- Author
- Tsukiyama, Gail
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312384777
- ISBN 13
- 9780312384777
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB137 hisorical, japan, Fiction; Contemporary fiction; Japan; 1940s; Unbranded ISBN: 0312384777 EAN: 9780312384777 Tsukiyama, Gail The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
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