 |
|
|
|
|
Sword and Blossom |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Book: Paperback | 5.11 x 8.22in | 368 pages | ISBN 9780143112143 | 29 May 2007 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sword and Blossom tells the tragic true story of an extraordinary love affair that began when a young Army officer fell in love with a Japanese woman in the early years of the twentieth century. Based on a treasure trove of more than eight hundred letters, it chronicles Arthur Hart- Synnot and Masa Suzuki’s attempts to make a life together despite long periods of separation, racial prejudice, and political turbulence. Their doomed relationship, like that of their countries, was part of a confused age of extremes and contradictions, of violence and beauty, and of destinies etched out amid the conflicts of the first half of the twentieth century.
…a fascinating narrative that spans decades . . . you’ll be stirred (Entertainment Weekly)
The essence of this inexpressibly beautiful story will remain with me, I believe, for the rest of my life. (Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman)
|
|
|
Email Alerts
To keep up-to-date, input your email address, and we will contact you on publication
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Take our word for it!
Sign up to receive our newsletters featuring news about our latest books, information on our authors, exclusive discounts and offers, and more great content.
|
|
|
|
|
|
