Description
In early twentieth century Japan, women have few rights. Yet one precocious poet--a brooding daughter, locked in her room at night by protective parents--runs away from home to live a life of her choosing.
She falls in love with a fellow poet and follows him across Siberia to Paris, where they witness the last days of the Belle Epoque. She perseveres through poverty, back-to-back pregnancies, infidelity, earthquake and fire, to become a name every Japanese schoolchild knows today as a pioneering feminist poet and the first person to translate the classical Tale of Genji into modern Japanese. In her single-minded dedication to her art, she inflicts wounds on a daughter that echo from her own childhood. She sets out to make amends, knowing it may be too late.
Based on the life of poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) and filled with original translations of her poetry, Girl in a Box will ignite the discussion about the female artist's challenge to create while juggling family, career, and personal freedom. Historical fiction at its best.
Author: Jean Gordon Kocienda
Publisher: Sibylline Press
Published: 04/21/2026
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.32w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9798897400126
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | 20th Century | General
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Literary