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Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo
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Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo Hardcover - 1999

by Birnbaum, Phyllis

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These stunning biographical portraits, some adapted from essays that first appeared in the "New Yorker", explore the lives of five Japanese women who did their best to stand up and cause more trouble than was considered proper in Japanese society. 5 photos.

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Columbia University Press, 1999-02-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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  • Title Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo
  • Author Birnbaum, Phyllis
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
  • Date 1999-02-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0231113560
  • ISBN 9780231113564 / 0231113560
  • Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.28 x 6.24 x 0.86 in (21.03 x 15.85 x 2.18 cm)
  • Reading level 1190
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - Japan - Tokyo - Biography, Tokyo (Japan) - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-15268
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.409

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/1999, Page 802
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/01/1998, Page 1705
  • Library Journal, 01/01/1999, Page 112
  • New York Times, 09/05/1999, Page 17

About the author

PHYLLIS BIRNBAUM is the author of the novel An Eastern Tradition. She is also the translator of Rabbits, Crabs, Etc.: Stories by Japanese Women and Uno Chiyo's novel Confessions of Love, for which she won the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker and other publications.

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