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The pillow book of the flower samurai
Lazar, Barbara2013
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Enter a world of prostitutes and samurais in 12th century Japan. Kozaisho, the fifth-daughter of a lowly farmer, feels her world shattering when she is sold by her father in exchange for land. Heartbroken, her one ray of light comes when a series of auspicious omens allows her to be trained as a samurai. I am Kozaisho: Fifth daughter, Woman-For-Play, teller of stories, lover, wife and Flower Samurai.In the rich, dazzling, brutal world of twelfth century Japan, one young girl begins her epic journey, from the warmth of family to the Village of Outcasts. Marked out by an auspicious omen, she is trained in the ancient warrior arts of the samurai. But it is through the power of storytelling that she learns to fight her fate, twisting her life onto a path even she could not have imagined . . .
Main title:
The pillow book of the flower samurai / Barbara Lazar.
Author:
Lazar, Barbara, author
Imprint:
London : Headline Review, 2013.
Collation:
541 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.
ISBN:
9780755389285 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3612
Language:
English
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BRN:
156295
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