false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg 34449 15 841208 26 9 1957 The Makioka Sisters total:451|5:166|4:167|3:75|2:36|1:7| 451 1802 788 66 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 3 5 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jul 08 12:50:14 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 12:55:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 3 4 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 16 10:17:15 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 30 22:20:39 -0700 2009 Naomi but for reasons that I can't properly express I never found myself engrossed in this as I'd hoped to be. I'd get into for a bit, get bored, put it down for a few weeks and then pick it up again.

I can howev...more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 2 2 false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 03 08:10:19 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 20 09:00:14 -0700 2009 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 4 1 false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 15 18:52:19 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 18:46:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 5 1 false Fri Sep 12 14:03:33 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 16:06:43 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 14:03:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 4 1 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 02:15:22 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 23 02:52:44 -0700 2008
500+ pages of domesticity doesn't sound like fun, but this book is fascinating and even in translation it is often very beautiful. The very "foreign" world of pre-war Japan becomes someho...more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 3 1 false Tue Dec 02 19:53:59 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 19:56:09 -0800 2008 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Oct 10 12:14:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 16:30:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Thu Mar 13 04:04:17 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 30 05:31:33 -0700 2009 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 4 0 false Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 07:17:02 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 19:52:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 4 0 false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:49:07 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:52:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 855715 1857151550 9781857151558 4 2 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178931295m/855715.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/855715.The_Makioka_Sisters 4 0 false Tue Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon May 18 01:22:34 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 01:34:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 855715 1857151550 9781857151558 4 2 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178931295m/855715.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/855715.The_Makioka_Sisters 5 0 false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 19:31:14 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:30:36 -0700 2009 The Makioka sisters elegantly tells the story of a traditional respected Japanese family on the decline. They still try to hold onto more status than their family now deserves, and each of the four sisters adapts to the change in her own way. It is the diversity of the sisters' approaches to l...more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 4 0 false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 19:13:37 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 23:13:10 -0700 2008
One of the things that marks this novel as a masterpiece is the way the words and phrasing complement the action on the page. Dull events are written in long phrasing and in tedious detail; scenes of high drama and tension are brushed in short, quick stro...more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 5 0 false Thu May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Mon Nov 09 06:51:42 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 06:53:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 2 1 false Sun Jan 04 09:20:21 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 09:26:37 -0800 2009 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Sun Aug 16 16:06:40 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 16:10:43 -0700 2009 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 0 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 07:57:39 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 26 06:18:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 2 0 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:56:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:56:56 -0700 2009 34449 0679761640 9780679761648 420 60 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081857m/34449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34449.The_Makioka_Sisters 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 12:06:56 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 12:08:14 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=34449