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Title: The Shade of Blossoms (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, No. 22) by Shohei Ooka, Dennis C. Washburn ISBN: 0-939512-88-2 Publisher: University of Michigan Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: time well spent
Comment: I previously read "Fires on the Plain" by Shohei Ooka and so I was interested when I noticed a review about a new book by the same author. "The Shade of Blossoms" is a short novel about an aging Geisha. Everyone knows who Geishas are but it has been my experience that no one ever spells it out. You get a fair idea from this book. There's not a lot of time for background in the 119 pages of this novella but we do get a good look at a woman who seems to lack any control over herself or her destiny. She has lost her past, can't figure out her present, and avoids any effort to create a future. There are developments in her life that seem encouraging but the self-destructiveness of the main character makes this work a tragedy. It is a tragedy worth reading as well as a brief look beyond the imagery of a Geisha.