"Alone at dawn, in the heat of midsummer, a young woman named Takiko departs on foot for the hospital to give birth to a baby boy. Her pregnancy, the result of a casual affair with a married man, is a source of sorrow and shame to her abusive parents. For Takiko, however, it is a cause for reverie. Her baby, she imagines, will be hers and hers alone, a challenge but also an instrument for her long-wished-for independence. Takiko's first year as a mother is filled with the intense bodily pleasures and pains that come from ...
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"Alone at dawn, in the heat of midsummer, a young woman named Takiko departs on foot for the hospital to give birth to a baby boy. Her pregnancy, the result of a casual affair with a married man, is a source of sorrow and shame to her abusive parents. For Takiko, however, it is a cause for reverie. Her baby, she imagines, will be hers and hers alone, a challenge but also an instrument for her long-wished-for independence. Takiko's first year as a mother is filled with the intense bodily pleasures and pains that come from caring for a newborn, learning how to accommodate him. At first Takiko seeks refuge in the company of other women, in the maternity hospital, in her son's nursery, but as he grows, her life becomes less circumscribed, expanding outward into previously unknown neighborhoods in her city and then beyond, into the countryside, toward a mountain that captures her imagination and feeling for a wilder freedom. First published in Japan in 1980, Woman Running in the Mountains is as urgent and necessary an account today of the experience of the female body and of a woman's right to self-determination"--
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Fair. This is a retired library book with typical wear/markings. May or may not have library stickers attached which will not be removed. There is handwriting, stickers or numbers inside the front cover Item has stickers or notes attached to cover and/or pages that have not been removed to prevent further damage Cover has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 0394582381. First American edition. Very good+ copy in fine dust jacket. (Edges lightly foxed. Tad musty overall. ); 8vo 8"-9" tall; 275 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Pantheon, 1991. First American Edition, stated. Hardbound book. Book is in Very Good++ condition, would be Fine except for mild foxing to text block, binding is tight as if unread. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, showing minimal shelfwear.
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New York. 1991. March 1991. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394582381. Translated from the Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt. 277 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Sarah Swan. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. keywords: Literature Translated Women Japan Asia. FROM THE PUBLISHER-This is the contemporary story of Takiko, a pregnant, unmarried young Japanese Woman at war with Convention. Though Takiko's pregnancy has brought shame to her family, she refuses to have an abortion; yet she must continue to live at home for lack of money. While her mother labors to support the household, Takiko has fistfights with her violent, alcoholic father. She bears a son and, in the course of caring for him, learns to love. Inspired by that love, she courageously finds a path to adulthood. Tsushima brings to life in this novel a new phenomenon in today's Japan: the woman on her own. The theme has special urgency for Japanese culture, while touching universal concerns; and the result for this novel is two coming-of-age stories intertwined: the literal chronological coming of age of the young heroine; and also the total coming of age of Japanese womanhood. It is a powerful mixture, and shows why Tsushima is now Japan's most import ant woman writer. inventory #15197.
