Ebook {Epub PDF} Across a Bridge of Dreams by Lesley Downer

 · The Floating Bridge of Dreams is the title of the last chapter, Chapter 54, of The Tale of Genji (the world’s first novel, written by a Japanese court lady around AD), though the words are never actually used in the text. To Japanese of that time the words would have immediately evoked the transience of human life. Across a Bridge of Dreams In the brave new Japan of the s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; but their relationship will test the limits of society. Taka, the daughter of a famous general and his geisha mistress, is just thirteen when Nobu, an impoverished lad from a defeated enemy clan, comes to work as a servant in her house. An Extract from ‘Across a Bridge of Dreams’ Tenth month, year of the rooster, the sixth year of the Meiji era (November ) ‘So Oharu’s getting married and you’ll be a grandmother soon,’ Aunt Kiharu was saying with a high-pitched laugh.

About Lesley; Books. All Books; The Shogun's Queen. Further Reading on 'The Shogun's Queen' Foreign Editions of 'The Shogun's Queen' Across a Bridge of Dreams. An Extract from 'Across a Bridge of Dreams' Foreign Editions of 'Across a Bridge of Dreams' The Courtesan and the Samurai. An Extract from 'The Courtesan and the. Buy Across A Bridge Of Dreams by Lesley Downer (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Across a Bridge of Dreams. Author: Lesley Downer Format: Hardback Release Date: 07/06/ Unified after a bitter civil war, Japan is rapidly turning into a modern country with rickshaws, railways and schools for girls. Commoners can marry their children into any class, and the old hatred between north and south is over - or so it seems.

Across A Bridge Of Dreams by Downer, Lesley and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Today when the summer thrush Came to sing at Heron’s Nest I crossed the Bridge of Dreams. Have decided on the title for my new book: Across a Bridge of Dreams. The ‘bridge of dreams’ is an incredibly resonant concept in Japanese culture – it’s our short human lives, a bit like the Anglo-Saxon concept. An Extract from ‘Across a Bridge of Dreams’ Tenth month, year of the rooster, the sixth year of the Meiji era (November ) ‘So Oharu’s getting married and you’ll be a grandmother soon,’ Aunt Kiharu was saying with a high-pitched laugh.