Stranger in the Shogun's City explained

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]

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]

Notes and References

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

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