Gail Tsukiyama

En vísperas de las Segunda Guerra Mundial, el joven Stephen es enviado a la casa de su familia, en Japón, para recuperarse de una tuberculosis. Allí descansará, nadará en las sanas aguas del mar y pintara bajo la brillante liz que baña la costa. Estara en un ambiente tranquilo y solitario hasta el encuentro con cuatro residentes locales: una hermosa joven japonesa y tres personas de edad mas avanzada. Lo que surge a continuacion es una narracion, a un mismo tiempo, clasica y extraordinariamente singular. El joven protagonistas tendra su propia aventura existencial, pero sera el des`liegue de la historia de Matsu, Sachi y Kenzo lo que atraera la atencion y lo que el lector recordara al terminar las paginas de este apasionante libro.

Mujeres de la seda nos trasporta a la China rural de 1926, donde un grupo de mujeres jóvenes forja una herman- dad en medio del fragor de las bobinadoras de una gran fábrica sedera que lleva a cabo su febril produccion desde el amanecer hasta bien entrada la noche. Estas jovenes, llevadas por la fuerza de su juventud, de sus sueños y de su amistad, protagonizan la primera huelga de la que sera testigo la pequeña poblacion donde viven y trabajan. Mientras, como fondo de escenario, una guerra que avanza inexorable hacia ellas contribuye a sembrar sus vidas de incertidumbre, violencia y miedo. La elegante prosa de Tsukiyama nos muestra el mundo del trabajo en la fa- brica de seda, la vida en una aldea y el papel, apenas visible, desempeñado por las mujeres en la sociedad china de principios del siglo xx, todo ello tejido con una trama de amistad, amor y coraje.

En vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el joven Stephen es enviado a la casa de verano de su familia, en Japón, para recuperarse de una tuberculosis. Allí descansará, nadará en las sanas aguas del mar y pintara bajo la brillante luz que baña la costa. Estara en un ambiente tranquilo y solitario hasta el encuentro con cuatro residentes locales: una hermosa joven japonesay tres personas de edad mas avanzada. Lo que surge a continuacion es una narracion, a un mismo tiempo, clasica y xtraordinariamente singular. El joven protagonista tendra su propia aventura existencial, pero sera el despliegue de la historia de Matsu, Sachi y Kenzo lo que atraera la atencion y lo que el lector recordara al terminar las paginas de este apasionante libro.

The bestselling author of "Women of the Silk" and "The Samurai''s Garden" has written a powerfully moving story of tradition and change, of loss and renewal, and above all, of the enduring strength of family ties. It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future ?rmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh theater masks. But as the ripples of war spread to their quiet neighborhood, the brothers must put their dreams on hold--and forge their own paths in a new Japan. Meanwhile, the two young daughters of a renowned sumo master ?nd their lives increasingly intertwined with the fortunes of their father''s star pupil, Hiroshi. "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms" is a powerfully moving masterpiece about tradition and change, loss and renewal, and love and family from a glorious storyteller at the height of her powers.

China, 1957. Mao Tsé-Tung declarou uma nova política na sociedade: "Deixem que uma centena de flores desabroche; deixem que uma centena de escolas de pensamento discorde". Muitos intelectuais acreditaram, por medo, que a abertura fosse apenas um truque do governo, e o marido de Ying Kai, Sheng, prometera no se comprometer para no colocar em perigo a sua segurança ou a de seu jovem filho, Tao. Mas em uma manh de julho, pouco antes do seu sexto aniversario, Tao se surpreende com a ausencia de seu pai. Sheng e arrastado para longe, sendo acusado de escrever uma carta criticando o Partido Comunista, e enviado para um campo de trabalho de "reeducaço". Kai Ying demonstra, em cada pagina, sua luta diaria para manter a pequena familia junta face a esse lembrete chocante da ausencia do marido. Os membros da familia enfrentam suas culpas e segredos e esforçam-se para encontrar paz em um mundo em que o sentido de vida se perde. Outros personagens aparecem alinhando suas historias com a da familia. Pessoas comuns enfrentando diariamente circunstancias extraordinarias com graça e coragem.

De la autora de Mujeres de la seda y El jardín del samurai, ambos en las listas de libros más vendidos de The New York Times, nos llega una esplendida y evocadora novela histórica sobre una familia japonesa-americana en las plantaciones de azucar de Hawai. Daniel Abe regresa a Hawai. El joven medico tiene sus propias razones para abandonar Chicago y volver al hogar en que paso su niñez, y estas no tienen que ver con la nostalgia. Todo lo contrario que su tio Koji, un hombre marcado por las cicatrices de una vida dificil, y que vive con el recuerdo siempre presente de la madre de Daniel, Mariko, que fue el amor de su vida. Koji esta deseando reencontrarse con Daniel, a quien siempre ha tratado como si fuese su propio hijo. Sin embargo, sabe que ha llegado el momento de revelarle un incomodo secreto familiar. Como si de un mal presagio se tratase, la llegada del joven a Hawai coincide con el despertar del volcan Mauna Loa, que pone en peligro la aldea, y agita nuevas y viejas pasiones.

A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023 A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and feeling.Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayA beautiful, haunting book.Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Booth and We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesThe beloved bestselling author of The Color of Air, Women of the Silk, and The Samurais Garden returns with this magnificent historical novel based on the life of the luminous, groundbreaking actress Anna May Wongthe first and only Asian American woman to gain movie stardom in the early days of Hollywood.At the dawn of a new century, America is falling in love with silent movies, including young Wong Liu Tsong. The daughter of Chinese immigrants who own a laundry, Wong Liu and her older sister Lew Ying (Lulu) are taunted and bullied for their Chinese heritage. But while Lulu diligently obeys her parents and learns to speak Chinese, Wong Liu sneaks away to the local nickelodeons, buying a ticket with her lunch money and tips saved from laundry deliveries. By eleven Wong Liu is determined to become an actress and has already chosen a stage name: Anna May Wong. At sixteen, Anna May leaves high school to pursue her Hollywood dreams, defying her disapproving father and her Chinese traditional upbringinga choice that will hold emotional and physical consequences.After a series of nothing parts, nineteen-year-old Anna May gets her big breakand her first taste of Hollywood famestarring opposite Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad. Yet her beauty and talent isnt enough to overcome the racism that relegates her to supporting roles as a helpless, exotic butterfly or a vicious, murderous dragon lady while Caucasian actresses in yellowface are given starring roles portraying Asian women. Though she suffers professionally and personally, Anna May fights to win lead roles, accept risque parts, financially support her family, and keep her illicit love affairs hiddeneven as she finds freedom and glittering stardom abroad, and receives glowing reviews across the globe.Powerful, poignant, and imbued with Gail Tsukiyamas warmth and empathy, The Brightest Star reimagines the life of the first Asian American screen star whose legacy enduresa remarkable and inspiring woman who broke barriers and became a shining light in Hollywood history.

PARADEsBest Books to Read this Summer"A rich historical novel that illustrates why connection is more important and more vital than ever. -New York Times bestselling author Lisa SeeDaniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawaii. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Daniels mother, Mariko, the love of his life, and the scars of a life hard-lived. He cant wait to see Daniel, who hes always thought of as a son, but he knows the time has come to tell him the truth about his mother, and his father. But Daniels arrival coincides with the awakening of the Mauna Loa volcano, and its dangerous path toward their village stirs both new and long ago passions in their community.Alternating between past and presentfrom the day of the volcano eruption in 1935 to decades priorThe Color of Air interweaves the stories of Daniel, Koji, and Mariko to create a rich, vibrant, bittersweet chorus that celebrates their lifelong bond to one other and to their immigrant community. As Mauna Loa threatens their lives and livelihoods, it also unearths long held secrets simmering below the surface that meld past and present, revealing a path forward for them all.

Los hermanos Hiroshi y Kenji pierden a sus padres en un naufragio y sus abuelos los acogen en su casa de Tokio. Los cuatro llevan una vida apacible y feliz hasta que Estados Unidos declara la guerra a Japon, que separa a los hermanos y trunca sus sueños: el de Hiroshi, que aspira a ser maestro de sumo (sumotori), y el de Kenji, que despunta como artesano de mascaras de teatro. Sus vidas se cruzan con Haru y Aki, dos hermanas huerfanas de madre, cuyo padre tiene la escuela de luchadores de sumo mas prestigiosa de Japon. Magnifica historia de una saga familiar que contiene muchos elementos de las tradiciones japonesas, sobre todo del fascinante mundo del sumo, que atraparan al lector.