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(★)(trans. by Wakako Hironaka & Ann Siller Kostant)(Titulo original : 華岡青洲の妻 [Hanaoka Seishuu no tsuma, 1966]／ Though set in eighteenth-century Japan, the issues treated in this gripping and enduring novel are just as relevant and affecting today.／ It tells the story of the first doctor in the world to perform surgery for breast cancer under a general anesthetic. Interwoven with it are the lives of two strong-willed women : his mother, and the wife who supports him, helps him perform his experiments, and is sacrificed on the altar of his success.／ Few novels have ever delved into the workings of a traditional, male-dominated Japanese household with the unsentimentality and honesty of ´The Doctor´s Wife´.／ ◆Sawako Ariyoshi (1931-1984), owes her huge following in Japan to her sympathetic interest in crucial social problems largely neglected by other writers. Among her books translated into English are ´The River Ki (Ki no kawa)´ ; ´The Twilight Years (Kookotsu no hito)´ ; and ´Kabuki Dancer (Izumo no okuni)´.) |
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