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Enter the world of Kagaya-hime, a sometime woman warrior, occasional philosopher, and reluctant confidante to noblemen--who may or may not be a figment of the imagination of an aging empress who is embarking on the last journey of her life, setting aside the trappings of court life and reminiscing on the paths that lead her to death.

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Published October 1st 2004 by Tor Books (first published October 1st 2003)

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Feb 21, 2009 Catherine rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Jenn, Lacy, Megan

Shelves: 2009, siri, japan

This is an extraordinarily beautiful book, written in clear, sweet, lyrical prose that I found so calming, I could only read it before bed. (A bizarre quirk of mine, perhaps? But I tried to read this over breakfast one morning, and found my thoughts - racing ahead to anticipate the day - completely unsuited to the gracefulness of the prose, and so I made it a bedtime-only read.)

There are two stories in this book - that of the elderly Princess Harueme, and that of Kagaya-hime, a cat who takes on...more

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Nov 11, 2012 Delicious Strawberry rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: kij-johnson, mythology

At 4.5/5 stars, Fudoki is a entertaining and fascinating read. If you've enjoyed 'The Fox Woman', you will enjoy this book. The main character in question here is a cat rather than a fox. At first you wonder why she is on this journey, but the events that transpire along the journey make it interesting. The parts of the story from the Princess' point of view are also interesting and educational, though if I were a Princess in that era, I'd be bored due to the restrictions. Personally, I feel the...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Stefanie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: japan-historical, sff

Impossible to read without comparing it to the author's other novel, The Fox Woman. Like that one, this is set in historical / fantastical Japan, and examines animal spirit in human form. Johnson's writing is just as atmospheric in Fudoki, though I found the characters and subject matter a little bit more grounded, and their stories more easily relatable. Perhaps this is due to the nature of Johnson's animal subject in this one: a cat. However in this one the animal story doesn't dominate as in...more

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Mar 16, 2012 Tiffany rated it 1 of 5 stars

I really wanted to like this book. It seemed to be precisely my style: cats, poetic prose, cultural backdrop, a bildungsroman--what more could I ask for? I ordered my copy online and anxiously awaited the day of its arrival.

Unfortunately, none of the reviews I had read on Goodreads (or anywhere else, for that matter) mentioned any warning about the content. Given the considerable amount, I'm surprised. Perhaps it doesn't affect other readers as much as it does me. I am left unable recommend this...more

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Feb 18, 2013 Algernon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013

Cats are too fierce for gods; they came godless from Korea many tens of years ago, and they worship no one. This is good, for they are free in ways men are not; but this is bad, because they are utterly alone in the world.

Fudoki is the story of a cat, told by a princess trapped in her rooms by old age, tradition and ill health. But like any great story, it is much more than the surface detail. It is about freedom and courage, love and friendship, conflict and poetry. Set in 11th Century Japan,...more

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Dec 17, 2011 Kris rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, japan

Ancient Japan fascinates me and I can't think of a more interesting time that Heian-kyo, 11th century in Japan's old capital now known as Kyoto.

While this story takes place in late Heian - 1129, I believe the author mentioned - it has all the charm and cultural nuances one would expect. Sei Shonagan finds her name in these pages, as does Murasaki Shikibu. We read about ancient Japanese marriage customs and war and seiges. We learn about the life of the gods that govern and of times of hardship....more

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Jun 14, 2010 Sa Toya rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a book I borrowed from the library but I WILL be buying it as well as The Fox Woman and I'll surely read it again and again.

It's a story within a story told in 'medieval' Japan. Johnson's writing style is crisp clear and vivid; allowing the reader to see, feel and experience both worlds in her book.

Her subtle style allows for both stories in the book to intertwine and mingle seamlessly. The stories are that of Princess Harueme is is old and dying. She decides to fill up the empty noteboo...more

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Apr 18, 2011 Kim rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was a little disappointed after reading this book because I had first read The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson and the voice of the narrative was so different. What I had liked most about The Fox Woman was the way it was written: very wistful and almost romantic while still remaining mystical and supernatural. I also loved the poems written by each of the characters. None of that was in this sequel.

When I first started to read, the tragedy that occurred to the tortoiseshell cat drew me in and I want...more I was a little disappointed after reading this book because I had first read The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson and the voice of the narrative was so different. What I had liked most about The Fox Woman was the way it was written: very wistful and almost romantic while still remaining mystical and supernatural. I also loved the poems written by each of the characters. None of that was in this sequel.

When I first started to read, the tragedy that occurred to the tortoiseshell cat drew me in and I wanted to know more and wanted to see what would happen to the cat. However, once she transformed into a woman, I lost my desire to continue reading for a good part of the book(I did continue, though). What had made me sigh in disappointment was the fact that once she had been turned into a human, in what was (sort of) meant to be a punishment or road to understanding, everything that she needed just magically appeared. A farmer's wife asked if she carried needles, and suddenly she did. Often things would appear out of no where even if she didn't even realize that she had needed them because she had never been near humans and didn't know about these things. Knives, a sword, a bow and arrows, needles, a horse, servants...she did not ask for them and didn't know she needed them, and yet they were magically provided. Now, at the very end of the story I realized the reason why these things magically appeared, but it was still distracting every time it happened until the point in the story where the reason is hinted at (at least for me). As a reader, I felt that too many things were being provided to her so freely, especially if the one who turned her into this form was seemingly upset with her. I expected a little more hardship, I suppose. Otherwise, the tortoiseshell's story was very engrossing and I read it mainly for the cat.

However, mixed in with the story of the cat is the story of the court woman writing the cat's story. In the beginning of the book, I didn't really want to read about the court woman. Slowly over the course of the book, I began to want to know more and more about her. In the end, I ended up wanting to skip the parts with the cat to see what would happen to the court woman. I ended up being fascinated by the rules a court woman from that time period in Japan had to live by.

Overall, this was a very good book, but for me it definitely lacked a bit in the middle.(less)

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Feb 02, 2013 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

What really made this book for me was the narrator. I adore the narrator. She is wonderful and just a little bit ridiculous, but she knows when she is ridiculous and freely admits it.

The main character of the narrator's story, The Cat Who Became a Woman, alternated between being a little too passive and being very endearing. It was confusing -- I'm still not sure whether I love her or dislike her.

The ending felt a little anti-climactic -- I was expecting something more. This is the main reason i...more

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Nov 12, 2012 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, historical-fantasy, japanese-influence, cats, favorites

Fudoki was an absolutely wonderful book. It took me a long time to read because it was that type of book--a slow, thought-provoking story with many layers of meaning--and I was so glad that I took the time to savor it.

So, this tale is set in medieval Japan and has its roots in Japanese mythology. There are several layers to the tale. It's not really a frame story, but more like a weave story in which two narratives are influenced by each other and comment (directly or indirectly) on the other s...more Fudoki was an absolutely wonderful book. It took me a long time to read because it was that type of book--a slow, thought-provoking story with many layers of meaning--and I was so glad that I took the time to savor it.

So, this tale is set in medieval Japan and has its roots in Japanese mythology. There are several layers to the tale. It's not really a frame story, but more like a weave story in which two narratives are influenced by each other and comment (directly or indirectly) on the other story.

On one level, this is the tale of the princess Harueme, who is seventy years old and suffering health problems that she knows will kill her. She is preparing to leave the imperial court, where she has lived for decades while a variety of male relatives served as emperor of Japan. She has lived a life of restriction and decorum, but she has also bucked against her restraints through her interest in wildlife and biology and through various ways of acting out. In her last days at the imperial court, she decides to fill her empty notebooks with a story she creates herself.

Princess Hareume's story is about a tortishell cat who loses her home, family, and living history in one fell swoop. This cat, feeling lost and not knowing where to turn, begins to walk down the road and ends up on a de facto quest to regain her sense of belonging to a larger world. She occasionally hears spirits, or "kami," one of which is the voice of the road. Soon, the kami or some other influence causes the cat to become a woman, thus making her even more miserable. She's not quite a normal woman--there are magical aspects to her body and travels, and she retains many feline qualities, including and aloof nature and willingness to kill without hesitation. She lives and walks and fights without hope of recovering a sense of meaning or belonging, but as a reader I was hoping very much that things might work out for her in the end.

And while the princess writes, she comments on the story she's writing and how the parts of the cat's tale intersect with her own long experience. The two narratives entwine and interchange in intricate ways.

There were several really clever, thought-provoking twists at the end. I just thought that this was an amazing book filled through and through with details of Japanese culture, unusual perspectives and ideas, and interesting characters. It's philosophical, beautiful, and evokes pathos all at the same time.

And what was especially great about this book, at this particular point in my life, is that it was thoroughly and refreshingly adult. I don't mean "adult" as in naughty, but rather actually mature. This story deals with aging, loss, memory, legacy, and lingering grief--things that are more likely to be important to those who have grown up and experienced more of life.

So good if you're in a thinking mood!(less)

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Sep 15, 2012 Emma rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: awesome-fantasy-written-by-women, fantasy, historical-fantasy, historical-fiction, japan, standalone-fantasy, 4-stars-and-a-half, 10-best-books-read-in-2012

How have so few people read this book? I will have to pimp it all over Goodreads now because Fudoki is simply lovely.

This book is two stories rolled into one. In 12th century Japan, Harueme, an elderly princess, sits down to write a story that’s just itching to get out: of a cat who’s turned into a woman and a warrior and has the adventures Harueme never had. Her memoirs intertwine with the story of the cat, without real boundaries between the two. This might be best described as historical fict...more How have so few people read this book? I will have to pimp it all over Goodreads now because Fudoki is simply lovely.

This book is two stories rolled into one. In 12th century Japan, Harueme, an elderly princess, sits down to write a story that’s just itching to get out: of a cat who’s turned into a woman and a warrior and has the adventures Harueme never had. Her memoirs intertwine with the story of the cat, without real boundaries between the two. This might be best described as historical fiction, since the fantasy elements are all in the cat’s tale and she probably doesn’t exist, but it works well as historical fantasy too.

At any rate, this was a fairly unusual reading experience for me. I initially read the first few pages, decided it wasn’t the thing for me at the moment, and set it aside, but then found myself thinking about it. And that’s the way this book works. There’s nothing flashy or in-your-face about it; it draws you in subtly, plays on your emotions without your realizing it, and you slowly come to realize just how good it is. I’m used to reading books through in a mad rush these days, but this is one that demands you slow down and read it a little bit at a time. “Calming” is a good way to describe it.

To be more concrete: the stories of both the princess and the cat are compelling, and the character development is quite good, especially with Harueme (the cat-woman is simpler, as cats are, and even in human form she resembles a cat). Harueme lives in a world of women, and her relationship with her attendant and best friend, Shigeko, is well-done. The writing is also good, and genuinely reads like the voice of an older woman who’s learned a lot about life (rather than a younger author trying to sound wise and being trite instead). To quote an example that encapsulates Harueme’s outlook on life, and made me smile (background: her uncle and cousin are upset about her rejection of a suitor):

“I knew they could not see me well through the screens, so I learned to slip a small notebook into my sleeve, to have something to read during these visits: if they had nothing useful to say, I saw little reason to attend carefully. I actually read all the way through the Diamond Sutra in this fashion, which I am sure did more for my soul than any remorse they might have hoped to engender.”

Not flashy, but full of thought and humanity. And it also brings me to my last point, which is the setting. Johnson isn’t Japanese, but you might not realize from the text; the book is clearly well-researched but the details stay in the background, subtly fleshing it out as needed, and the setting never feels exoticized. The mythology is also interesting and fits very well into the story; I knew I was hooked from the moment the cat encounters a dead woman’s ghost trying to shake her body into wakefulness.

I’m not quite prepared to give 5 stars--maybe I need a little more flash, the kind of book that will bowl you over--but I am prepared to say that Fudoki is excellent. This is exactly the sort of thing I like--historical fantasy with a non-western setting, focusing on women and their relationships, and with CATS--but I think it will appeal to a wider audience too. Now on to Johnson’s other book....(less)

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Oct 02, 2010 Phoenixfalls rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of Patricia McKillip & Catherynne Valente

Shelves: aging, animals, asian, fantasy, fantasy-challenge, female-author, historical-fantasy, storytelling, traveling, family, kij-johnson, japan

First, I have to say, that jacket description is riddled with so many small inaccuracies about this story that I was tempted not to include it. They aren't fundamentally important inaccuracies -- though it is very important to realize that the "she" referred to at the start of the second paragraph is Kagaya-hime, not the "aging empress" who isn't an empress at all -- but it bugs me now that I've read the story to see how wrong it is. Ah well, moving on.

This is a wonderful book, sure to appeal to...more First, I have to say, that jacket description is riddled with so many small inaccuracies about this story that I was tempted not to include it. They aren't fundamentally important inaccuracies -- though it is very important to realize that the "she" referred to at the start of the second paragraph is Kagaya-hime, not the "aging empress" who isn't an empress at all -- but it bugs me now that I've read the story to see how wrong it is. Ah well, moving on.

This is a wonderful book, sure to appeal to fans of Patricia McKillip and Catherynne Valente, though it's more accessible than either of their work. It's very much rooted in the myths of Japan, and while I don't know a ton about the time period, nothing of what I do know was contradicted by what Johnson wrote, so I am assuming that she captured the era (Heian-era Japan I believe) with some degree of accuracy. Like in McKillip and Valente's work, this is not fantasy that lovingly details a set of rules for its magic system; it is fantasy where there are gods and there are humans and there are animals and the lines between these things are not sharp at all, where anything can happen and no one is much surprised when anything does. Logic plays a role, but it's dream logic, and the worst error to commit is in assuming that any other being's motivations match our own.

But what made this book brilliant (and caused it to be nominated for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award) is the way in which it is fundamentally a womens' fantasy. The fudoki of the cats is entirely female; there is no place for males, and none of the fudoki cares to even know the names of the toms that fathered their kittens. Harueme (this would be the aging noblewoman narrating Kagaya-hime's tale, half-sister to the former Emperor Shirakawa) also lives in an almost entirely female world, where women have husbands and lovers but their days are spent hidden from male sight (and even the seductions take place with an eye to maintaining the illusion that no man can see their faces). Harueme loved her half-brother, and reminisces about her soldier-lover Domei, but the most important relationship she has is with her attendant, Shigeko. The novel even acknowledges that women menstruate -- I'm pretty sure I can count on one hand the SF/F novels that do that -- and there are elaborate (historically-based, I assume) codes of conduct built around that simple fact of life. It's a novel about women's issues: family and home and place in a society when all of those things are rigidly proscribed.

It works on a pure fantasy level too, with the cat-transformed-into-a-human element and the presence of the kami (which are a whole class of gods, not the name of a specific god as the jacket implies) and even a small war of revenge that leads to a seige; and I'm pretty sure it works as historical fiction, though as I've said I don't know very much about the time period so I can't attest to its accuracy. But it will linger in my memory because it shows a slice of life fantasy novels too often forget, not with any particular message, but just because these are stories that rarely get told. I wish there were more novels like this.(less)

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Mar 06, 2012 Nesa Sivagnanam rated it 5 of 5 stars

Fudoki by Kij Johnson. I have to admit that I picked up the book because the cover illustration is of a Japanese warrior cat woman.

The story is set in a Japanese myth-influenced universe and revolves around Kagaya-hime. She may be a woman. She's sometimes a warrior or a philosopher or even a reluctant friend. She may truly be a cat or perhaps is a figment of the imagination of a dying princess.

The tale moves between the princess who might be making it up and writing it down in the twilight of he...more

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Sep 17, 2010 Shel added it

The voice of Kij Johnson's Fudoki (and it's predecessor The Fox Woman) reminds me of reading the oversized Golden book of Japanese Fairy Tales given to me by my Japanese aunt — tales such as "Sima and The Big Hat" and "The Man Who Made the Trees Bloom" — with beautiful, full-page illustrations. Set in medieval Japan, with a touch of enchantment, Fudoki offers a shifting narrative: the first person account of a dying princess and the story she is telling about a tortoiseshell cat who turns into a...more

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Jan 23, 2008 Mary-Beth rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, historicalfiction

I loved this book, probably because I have a thing for storytelling within storytelling and for a good bit of unexplained magic. This story is told both from the perspective of a cat who gets turned into a woman after a tragic fire (AKA Kagaya-hime) and from the perspective of a cloistered court woman named Harueme who is writing the fictional (or not fictional) tale of the cat. The cat becomes a strong warrior woman who defies conventions - the sort of woman whom Harueme would greatly desire to...more

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Jun 08, 2012 Samantha rated it 5 of 5 stars

I've read this book 5 times and each time the rich details and compelling tale feel new and exciting. I love the mix of the cultural, real-life feeling of the story of Harueme and the fantastical tale of the Tortoise-shell cat. I couldn't get enough of this book and plan to read it again soon. The sexuality isn't for everyone but I think it was tasteful. I think it was honest. The sexuality was part of the story as it was written as if Harueme was telling her story and sex was a big part of it.

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Jan 22, 2011 Zeborah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: women-authors, fantasy, 2011, 5star

The conceit of a story within a story can be horrid when done badly; but when it's done well, as it is here, it's brilliant. The two tales couldn't be more different – and couldn't be more similar. There's a light touch to the twists and turns, so they startle and at once seem perfectly natural; and a deft, gentle humour in perfect balance with the soft melancholy. There's nothing in this novel that I didn't admire immensely.

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Jan 16, 2013 Benjamin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

This one is a historical fantasy set in 12th Century Japan. It has two intertwined stories, one of an aging princess, Harueme, and the other of the story the princess is writing about a cat that turns into a woman. There are a lot of parallels between the two stories and you get the sense that Harueme is writing as much as for herself as for anyone else. The writing is great. You really get a sense of the place and the characters. Very good and strongly recommended.

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Jun 04, 2007 Siria rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 20th-century, american-fiction, fantasy, historical-fiction

I cannot remember who it was who recommended this novel to me, so I will just have to thank the happy serendipity which caused my eye to fall upon it while I was pottering around in the Forbidden Planet in London, and made me pick it up. The prose is a delight--vivid and subtle and precise--full of insights which are sharp without ever being overstated. Johnson also manages to interweave the two main strands of the story incredibly well--of Princess Harueme, old and slowly dying, and of the cat-...more

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Dec 13, 2008 Maddy rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is about an old princess who is dying and beggins writing a book about a cat who loses everything in her world and her last ending days as well as reflections on her young days. The cat she is writing about loses her fudoki and her family grounds. She then goes on a journey in the form of a human.

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Jun 17, 2011 Ann Marie rated it 3 of 5 stars

to be honest I only read half of this book...but I did like the half I read...it just made me sleepy...I could only read a couple chapters at a time and then I would seriously need a nap so there was no reading anytime of day but right before bed and therefore was taking way to long to finish while other books sat on the table begging for my attention...perhaps I will get back to it eventually...the story itself is to be the writing of a grandmotherly type woman who is waiting on death...she spe...more

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Jul 10, 2012 Lucy Gillam rated it 4 of 5 stars

Gorgeous language, lovely for anyone who likes stories that play with layers of fiction. I fell in love in the first 20 pages, and while it began to drag just a bit towards the end, it was well worth the journey.

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Sep 05, 2010 Rift Vegan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010

oh, I loved this story. Journal format and cats (and a fox) and a Japanese princess. Yep. Starts out similar to "The Cat Who Walked A Thousand Miles."

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Feb 03, 2012 Megan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, japan

A good read, but it lacked the greater philosophical themes of _The Fox Woman_. Still, I cared about the main characters - a princess with an easy life but no freedom and a myth creature with freedom but a history of tragedy - to follow their stories to the end. The novel takes place in the world of Japanese legend, but the fantastical aspects of the book aren't over-the-top.

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Nov 18, 2012 Nicole rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: library-book

Hey, I actually read a book that makes me think! I thought this book was well written, well thought-out, good characterization, although there were parts that were a bit slow.

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Apr 12, 2013 thegift rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, japanlit, uslit, womanauthor, favoritefiction

set in historic japan, written by an american, this fantasy is possibly a typical japanese ghost story, elaborated. there are two threads of plot: the writer, a very old princess, and the written, a cat who becomes human and has adventures that reflect her cat-nature. an interesting portrayal of an imagined fantasy story from a sheltered life. the politics, the times, the revenge that offers only bittersweet resolution: ‘you killed some enemies, they killed some of you.’ a fantasy neither pastor...more

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Jun 04, 2011 Ariana Deralte rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: supernatural, mythology-folklore, historical-fiction, samurai

I really enjoyed the cat parts of this story, up until the last third when I enjoyed the lady's part of the story more. But, the constant interruption of either text made the story utterly impossible to get into and left me frustrated enough to never want to finish it. It was an effort of will that I eventually did, and I only managed that by skimming so I didn't get so annoyed at all the meandering. It does very well to set a tone, I suppose, but dear god it was annoying. I like my books to be...more

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Feb 12, 2010 Kate Winters rated it 5 of 5 stars

I bought this book several years ago, went to read it and I just wasn't hooked. This year for whatever reason I grabbed it off the shelf and tried again. I am so glad I did. It is a masterwork of characterization and storytelling and I almost missed it! The way you're drawn more deeply into the main character's life is just astonishing. By the time I finished it, the sensation that I'd read of a real person was overwhelming. Not only that, but the details of the time period and lifestyle are mas...more

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Jun 06, 2011 Vasha7 rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: people who liked "The Tiger's Wife"

Shelves: favorites

One of the most thoughtful, rich, and delicious books I've read in a while.

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Feb 12, 2012 Monica rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book had too much narration for me. I needed more conversation between the characte

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Kij Johnson is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and Wizards of the Coast/TSR, collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, project manager working on the Microsoft Reader, and managing editor of Real Networks. She is Associate Director for the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas, and serves as a fina...more

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“Cats have a sort of game they play when they meet. A player alternates between watching the strange cat and ignoring her, grooming or examining everything around herself - a dead leaf, a cloud - with complete absorption. It is almost accidental how the two cats approach, a sidelong step and then the sitting again. This often ends in a flurry of spitting and slashing claws, too fast to see clearly, and then one or the other (or both) of the cats leap out of range. The game can have one exchange or many - and is not so different from the first meetings of women.” — 11 people liked it

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