The American Diary of a Japanese Girl

Yazar, 1875-1947 yılları arasında yaşamış ve aynen eserin kahramanı gibi Amerika seyahati gerçekleştirmiş. Bu eser, aynı zamanda, Japon bir yazar tarafından Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nde yayımlanan ilk İngilizce roman. Eser, 23 Eylül 1899-19 Mart 1900 tarihleri arasındaki dönemi içeren bir ‘günlük’......more

It is imperfectly written but it has the charm, as Charles Simic said of his earlier poetry, of awkwardness. The introduction written by Laura E. Franey outlines the collaborative process between Yone Noguchi and his editors in writing the book, the diary's critique of turn-of-the-century Japonisme,......more

Simply awful... Where to even begin? The most aggravating part is the broken English. How could anybody enjoy that? I could not tell if this was done on purpose or if the author simply couldn’t do any better. If on purpose, why? Why would a Japanese woman dedicate her diary to the empress of Japan,......more

I'm surprised so few people here enjoyed this. I found the prose transportive and the main character's voice absolutely captivating. Her saucy, noncommittal love letters to the almost invisible Oscar Ellis--as part of a romantic subplot that never actually goes anywhere--are some of the most charmin......more

An informative and interesting novel to say the least. I felt as conflicted as others did on how to properly rate this novel. As I both enjoyed it, but found the writing to be difficult (I would argue this is the issue of the editors more so than anyone else).......more