The China lover / Ian Buruma.

New York : Penguin Press, 2008.

392 p. ; 24 cm.

In Buruma's reimagining of the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese torn among patriotism for her parents, a homeland, worldly ambition, and sympathy for the Chinese, she would reflect almost exactly the twists and turns in the history of modern Japan.

English

February 17, 2009