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The Sun Gods

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Sun Gods

Contributors:

By (Author) Jay Rubin

ISBN:

9781634059503

Publisher:

Chin Music Press

Imprint:

Chin Music Press

Publication Date:

9th June 2015

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Second World War fiction

Dewey:

813.6

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

361

Dimensions:

Width 127mm, Height 190mm

Weight:

453g

Description

Arriving in Seattle on the eve of World War II, Japanese-born Mitsuko falls for Tom, a widowed pastor, and becomes surrogate mother to his fair-haired American toddler, Bill. But the bombing of Pearl Harbor strains the newly formed family as U.S. government mandates and Toms growing discomfort with all things Japanese force Mitsuko and young Bill to leave Seattle and Tom behind for the Minidoka Internment Camp, unsure if they will ever return.
Two decades later, memories of Minidoka and long-lost Mitsuko haunt Bill, sparking an arduous journey that leads him from Seattles International District to newly reconstructed Japan to find his Japanese mother and learn the truth about their shared past.
Jay Rubin is one of the foremost English-language translators of Japanese literature. He is best known for his numerous translations of works by Haruki Murakami, Japans leading contemporary novelist, and the study Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words. Most recently, he has translated the first two books of Murakamis bestselling novel, 1Q84. In addition, Rubins Making Sense of Japanese remains one the widely used guides to Japanese language studies.
Jay Rubin received his PhD in Japanese literature from the University of Chicago and taught at Harvard University and the University of Washington. He lives near Seattle with his wife.

Author Bio

Jay Rubin, an American scholar and academic, is one of the foremost translators of Japanese literature. He has translated several works of fiction by popular novelist Haruki Murakami and is compiling an anthology of contemporary Japanese literature for Penguin. Rubin received his Ph.D. in Japanese literature from the University of Chicago and taught at Harvard University and the University of Washington.

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