Gail Tsukiyama
Autor de The Samurai's Garden
Sobre El Autor
Gail Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco, where she later pursued her B. A. and M. A. at San Francisco State University. Tsukiyama is a lecturer at the San Francisco State University and a book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Tsukiyama has written Night of Many Dreams, Women of the Silk, mostrar más and The Samurai's Garden. She is also the recipient of an Academy of American Poets award. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Gail Tsukiyama
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1957
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- El Cerrito, California, USA
Napa Valley, California, USA - Educación
- San Francisco State University (BA|English)
San Francisco State University (MA|English) - Ocupaciones
- author
freelance book reviewer
academic - Organizaciones
- Literati Network of Authors
San Francisco State University (faculty)
University of California, Berkeley (faculty) - Premios y honores
- Academy of American Poets Award
National Book Festival, Washington DC (2001) - Biografía breve
- Gail Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco, her mother a Chinese immigrant, her father Japanese. This multicultural upbringing is reflected in the deeply personal stories about Chinese women which she has been writing since her first novel, WOMEN OF THE SILK, was published in 1991. Tsukiyama considers herself an examiner of what she calls the lives of "early Chinese feminists," as embodied by the silk workers in her first novel. She has also tackled the topics of the differences between Chinese and Japanese culture (THE SAMURAI'S GARDEN) and the daily struggles of young women growing up in World War II Hong Kong (NIGHT OF MANY DREAMS.) "It has given me a greater sense of who I am, just in realizing what these Chinese women silk workers went through in order to make a life for themselves."
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The Color of Air por Gail Tsukiyama
Very good book. Takes place in Hawaii.
Just beautiful. Atmospheric. Heartwarming and heartbreaking.
Book on CD read by Simon Vance
In this novel, Tsukiyama turns her attention to the mid-to-late 1950s and Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China. The title refers to 1957, when Chairman Mao declared “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend,” and encouraged China’s intellectuals, teachers, and scholars to voice their opinions openly. Of course, this was a trap.
The story focuses on the Lee family. Kai Ying’s husband, Sheng, a teacher, promised not to jeopardize his family’s safety, but he was still dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp to be “reeducated.” A year later their son, Tao, has an accident and breaks his leg. Kai Ying may be an herbalist who is sought out by neighbors for her many remedies, but no tea or poultice will fix this injury. Sheng’s father, Wei, who also lives with them, was once a renowned university professor, and he is obviously distraught by what has happened to his son and the family.
The family members do their best in difficult times to move forward, working, studying, helping friends and neighbors. They share what they can, but they cannot help but worry. The uncertainty is palpable. Yet, they face their circumstances with grace, dignity and courage.
Simon Vance voices the audiobook. He’s a talented narrator and I’ve enjoyed many of the audiobooks I’ve listened to him perform. But for this work, I could not help but hear his British voice and think “that’s not right.”… (más)
In this novel, Tsukiyama turns her attention to the mid-to-late 1950s and Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China. The title refers to 1957, when Chairman Mao declared “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend,” and encouraged China’s intellectuals, teachers, and scholars to voice their opinions openly. Of course, this was a trap.
The story focuses on the Lee family. Kai Ying’s husband, Sheng, a teacher, promised not to jeopardize his family’s safety, but he was still dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp to be “reeducated.” A year later their son, Tao, has an accident and breaks his leg. Kai Ying may be an herbalist who is sought out by neighbors for her many remedies, but no tea or poultice will fix this injury. Sheng’s father, Wei, who also lives with them, was once a renowned university professor, and he is obviously distraught by what has happened to his son and the family.
The family members do their best in difficult times to move forward, working, studying, helping friends and neighbors. They share what they can, but they cannot help but worry. The uncertainty is palpable. Yet, they face their circumstances with grace, dignity and courage.
Simon Vance voices the audiobook. He’s a talented narrator and I’ve enjoyed many of the audiobooks I’ve listened to him perform. But for this work, I could not help but hear his British voice and think “that’s not right.”… (más)
A tender, sweet story that I didn't want to end. I will read another book by this author based on how much I enjoyed her characters in this book.
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