The Printmaker's Daughter

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"Lavishly researched and brilliant____Govier astonishes throughout in
her ability to write epic themes intimately lyrical, absorbing, and intense." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
^ \ ecounting the story of her life, Oei plunges us into the colorfiil world
f n__of nineteenth-century Edo, in
which courtesans rub shoulders with poets, warriors consort with actors, and the arts flourish in an unprecedented moment of creative upheaval. Oei and Hokusai live among writers, novelists, tattoo artists, and prostitutes, evading the spies of the repressive shogunate as they work on Hokusai's countless paintings and prints. Wielding her brush, rejecting domesticity in favor of dedication to the arts, Oei defies all ex-pectations of womanhood—all but one. A dutiful daughter to the last, she will obey the will of her eccentric father, the man who created her and who, ultimately, will rob her of her place in history.
Vivid, daring, and unforgettable, The Printmaker's Daughter shines... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"Lavishly researched and brilliant____Govier astonishes throughout in
her ability to write epic themes intimately lyrical, absorbing, and intense." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
^ \ ecounting the story of her life, Oei plunges us into the colorfiil world
f n__of nineteenth-century Edo, in
which courtesans rub shoulders with poets, warriors consort with actors, and the arts flourish in an unprecedented moment of creative upheaval. Oei and Hokusai live among writers, novelists, tattoo artists, and prostitutes, evading the spies of the repressive shogunate as they work on Hokusai's countless paintings and prints. Wielding her brush, rejecting domesticity in favor of dedication to the arts, Oei defies all ex-pectations of womanhood—all but one. A dutiful daughter to the last, she will obey the will of her eccentric father, the man who created her and who, ultimately, will rob her of her place in history.
Vivid, daring, and unforgettable, The Printmaker's Daughter shines fresh light on art, loyalty, and the tender and indelible bond between a father and daughter.
KATHERINE GOVIER is a winner of the Toronto Book Award and Canada's Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career. Her novel Creation, about John James Audubon in Labrador, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She lives in Toronto.
www.Govier.com
www.theprintmakersdaughter.com
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