The Wild Geese

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Love and society intertwine in changing times.

The Wild Geese is perfect for those seeking an emotional journey through changing times. The book's unique feature is its exploration of societal shifts and their impact on personal relationships.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Wild Geese

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ISBN: 9780804810708
Publisher: Tuttle Pub
Date of Publication: 1989-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.57
(rated by 3046 readers)

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In The Wild Geese , prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love, set against the background of the dizzying social change accompanying the fall of the Meiji regime. The young heroine, Otama, is forced by poverty to become a moneylender's mistress. She is surrounded by skillfully-drawn characters—her weak-willed father, her virile and calculating lover (and his suspicious wife), and the handsome student who is both the object of her desire, and the symbol of her rescue—as well as a colorful procession of Meiji era figures—geisha, students, entertainers, unscrupulous matchmakers, shopkeepers, and greedy landladies. Like those around her, and like the wild geese of the title, Otama yearns for the freedom of flight. Her dawning consciousness of her predicament brings the novel to a touching climax. Written in 1913, The Wild Geese enjoyed such success in Japan that it was made into a film, shown abroad as The Mistress .
 

Love and society intertwine in changing times.

The Wild Geese is perfect for those seeking an emotional journey through changing times. The book's unique feature is its exploration of societal shifts and their impact on personal relationships.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.