The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi

The Waiting Years

Fumiko Enchi with John Bester (Translator)

192 pages first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. From among hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up for sale by their families she must select a re...

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