Stranger in the Shogun's City

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Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World is a biographical book by Amy Stanley which was published on July 14, 2020 by Charles Scribner's Sons. [1]

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Summary

The book is about the history of Tokyo at half of nineteenth century and also a story of discontented and rebellious woman who sacrificed everything for being there. Stranger in the Shogun's City follows from her childhood through three marriages and a famine. The full book is about that how she recreated herself by using the city. [2]

Awards

Critical responses and reviews

Caroline Spalding of The Yorkshire Times wrote "Stranger in the Shogun’s City affirms its value as both an historical account and an enchanting story.". [6] Kathryn Hughes of The Guardian wrote "Stanley works hard throughout this compelling book to make Tsuneno into a feminist heroine, a brilliant girl born ahead of her time". [7] The book has been reviewed by Maura Elizabeth Cunningham of The Wall Street Journal, [8] Paul Kreitman of Los Angeles Review of Books, [9] June Teufel Dreyer of Sankei Shimbun, [10] Lesley Downer of The Times Literary Supplement, [11] Richard Lloyd Parry of The Times, [12] David Chaffetz of Asian Review of Books, [13] Rebecca Corbett of Johns Hopkins University, [14] Marjoleine Kars of The Washington Post. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Stanley, Amy (2020-07-14). Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World. Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN   978-1-5011-8852-7.
  2. ↑ "Stranger in the Shogun's City". Amy Stanley. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  3. 1 2 Hurd Anyaso, Hilary. "Historian Amy Stanley wins literary awards for 'Stranger in the Shogun's City'". Northwestern University . Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. ↑ "The 2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography". Pulitzer Prize . Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  5. ↑ "The Baillie Gifford Prize 2020 shortlist announced". The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction . Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  6. ↑ Spalding, Caroline. "Review: Stranger In The Shogun's City By Amy Stanley". The Yorkshire Times . Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  7. ↑ "Stranger in the Shogun's City by Amy Stanley review – a woman's life in 19th-century Japan". The Guardian . 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  8. ↑ Cunningham, Maura Elizabeth. "'Stranger in the Shogun's City' Review: A Woman's Life in Letters". WSJ . Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  9. ↑ "Travels in a Vanished City: On Timon Screech's "Tokyo Before Tokyo" and Amy Stanley's "Stranger in the Shogun's City"". Los Angeles Review of Books . 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  10. ↑ "BOOK REVIEW | 'Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World' by Amy Stanley". Sankei Shimbun .
  11. ↑ "Stranger in the Shogun's City by Amy Stanley". The Times Literary Supplement . Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  12. ↑ Parry, Richard Lloyd. "Stranger in the Shogun's City by Amy Stanley review — life in the lost age of feudal Japan". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  13. ↑ Chaffetz, David (2020-06-10). ""Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese woman and her world" by Amy Stanley". Asian Review of Books. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  14. ↑ Corbett, Rebecca (2021). "Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley (review)". Johns Hopkins University . 76 (1): 185–189. doi:10.1353/mni.2021.0008. ISSN   1880-1390. S2CID   240507503.
  15. ↑ "A headstrong woman, a dazzling city and the fate of feudal Japan". The Washington Post .
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