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Stranger in the Shogun's City

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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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]

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Critical responses and reviews edit

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]

References edit

  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. ^ a b 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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