Beauty in Disarray

by Harumi Setouchi

Book Overview

Noe Ito came of age during Japan's Taisho era (1912-26), a period of widespread unrest and radical change. Beauty in Disarray is Ito's thrilling story. Her life touches on emotions including... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804818665
• ISBN13: 9780804818667
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.4" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

This story of one woman captured me entirely

Indeed there is an introduction explaining the circumstances of the time, which anyone can skip if they like. The ending at the climatic point which is before the ending we know of the real story is a rather Japanese thing to do, perhaps, and I have read enough Japanese pieces not to mind this style. Within those bounds, this is a detailed and engaging portrait of the erratic, fantastic course of one fairly wild woman's life within an extreme political climate and a time of huge social change. The heroine is anything but perfect, but her story captured me, and in fact greatly changed the direction of a panel I am presenting on Japanese women authors. Enough to make me seek out other works by Setouchi without hesitation.