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Lesley Downer
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About this author
'The Last Concubine' is set in old Japan, in the mid nineteenth century, when there was no specific word for romantic love. One of the most fascinating things about Japan is the way in which it makes you question everything you’ve taken for granted and assumed was human nature. Is love, for example, ‘human nature’? Or is it a cultural concept?
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The Last Concubine
— published 2008 — 24 editions |
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Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha
— published 2000 — 10 editions |
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Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West
— published 2003 — 9 editions |
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The Courtesan and the Samurai
— published 2010 — 13 editions |
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Across a Bridge of Dreams
— published 2012 — 5 editions |
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On the Narrow Road: Journey Into a Lost Japan
— 3 editions |
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Brothers:, The: The Hidden World of Japan's Richest Family
— published 1994 — 4 editions |
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At the Japanese Table: New and Traditional Recipes
— published 1996 — 2 editions |
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A Geisha for the American Consul
— published 2012 — 2 editions |
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Step by Step Japanese Cooking
by Lesley Downer (Goodreads Author), Minoru Yoneda — published 1986 — 3 editions |
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Brilliant and moving book. I love de Waal’s tactile descriptions; his perceptions are honed because he is a potter, he writes of how things feel as well as how they look. Was amazed throughout - at Charles’s charmed life, how he turned out have been...more |
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| This is a gripping mystery, not a whodunit but a whydunit. I love the way Livesey weaves in references to much loved books of English literature, and also love her settings and her very distinctive characters. One gets to know them one by one and com...more | |
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| Just finished this book by Margot Livesey, who is a wonderful writer, and sorry to have reached the end. It’s a ‘Jane Eyre’ for modern times but with plenty of twists and turns and with a very strong and sympathetic main character. Gemma suffers all...more | |
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