- Social life and customs, Foxes, Fiction, Folklore
Kij Johnson has created an achingly beautiful love story, a fable wrapped in smoke and magic set against the fabric of ancient Japan. Johnson brings the setting lovingly to life, describing a world of formalities and customs, where the exchange of poetry is a form of conversation and everything has meaning, from the color of the silks on wears to how one may address others.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and classical in form.
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- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Kij Johnson
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 382
- Publisher
- Tor
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312875596
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