A story of domestic life in Japan at the beginning of the Meiji Period. Translation of Hototogisu (The Cuckoo), one of the most famous Japanese novels of that time. ( to be amended)
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Genres for the project: Family Life; Literary Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: Japan, war, nobility, family relations, meiji era
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Availle wrote: ↑August 28th, 2019, 3:32 pm
Section 3 is up, in which we are introduced to the antagonist.
Just one small note:
5:58 Repeat: You are surprised to find me here, aren’t you . . . .
Enjoyed the brief reference to Maebashi. We stayed there several days with the family of a girl we hosted in our home as an exchange student. They also took us up to Nikko, Lake Chuzenji and Kegon Falls, where I had visited many years earlier. It was early spring, so we couldn't drive around the lake, and the falls was beautiful with ice! And, wild monkeys along the twisting road.
