The Teahouse Fire

Riverhead Hardcover, 2006. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 26-18-3. Name Inside Front In Excellent Used Condition. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos "Like Attending Seasons Of Elegant Tea Parties-Each One Resplendent With Character And Drama. Delicious."-Maxine Hong Kingston The Story Of Two Women Whose Lives Intersect In Late-Nineteenth-Century Japan, The Teahouse Fire Is Also A Portrait Of One Of The Most Fascinating Places And Times In All Of History-Japan As It Opens Its Doors To The West. It Was A Period When Wearing A Different Color Kimono Could Make A Political Statement, When Women Stopped Blackening Their Teeth To Profess An Allegiance To Western Ideas, And When Japan'S Most Mysterious Rite-The Tea Ceremony-Became Not Just A Sacramental Meal, But A Ritual Battlefield. We See It All Through The Eyes Of Aurelia, An American Orphan Adopted By The Shin Family, Proprietors Of A Tea Ceremony School, After Their Daughter, Yukako, Finds Her Hiding On Their Grounds. Aurelia Becomes Yukako'S Closest Companion, And They, The Shin Family, And All Of Japan Face A Time Of Great Challenges And Uncertainty. Told In An Enchanting And Unforgettable Voice, The Teahouse Fire Is A Lively, Provocative, And Lushly Detailed Historical Novel Of Epic Scope And Compulsive Readability.