The Defiance Of Reiko Murata

by Allen Wittenborn

Reiko Murata is shocked and dismayed when she receives a haiku poem from her late husband, an admiral in the Japanese Imperial Navy, suggesting she follow his example in committing seppuku, ritual suicide, an appeal she strongly resists. It's 1947, and Reiko lives a solitary and uneventful life. As she grieves his death, and struggles to deal with her loneliness, she feels torn between her desire for autonomy and the rigid customs that define Japanese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1387383957
• ISBN13: 9781387383955
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"