Girl in a Box, (Audiobook)

<p><b>In early twentieth century Japan, women have few rights. Yet one precocious poet--a brooding daughter, locked in her room at night by protective parents--runs away from home to live a life of her choosing.</b></p><p></p><p> She falls in love with a fellow poet and follows him across Siberia to Paris, where they witness the last days of the Belle Epoque. She perseveres through poverty, back-to-back pregnancies, infidelity, earthquake and fire, to become a name every Japanese schoolchild knows today as a pioneering feminist poet and the first person to translate the classical <i>Tale of Genji</i> into modern Japanese. In her single-minded dedication to her art, she inflicts wounds on a daughter that echo from her own childhood. She sets out to make amends, knowing it may be too late.</p><p></p><p> Based on the life of poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) and filled with original translations of her poetry, <i>Girl in a Box</i> will ignite the discussion about the female artist's challenge to create while juggling family, career, and personal freedom. Historical fiction at its best.</p>

• Girl in a Box, (Audiobook)
• Author: Tantor
• ISBN: 9798228929715
• Format: Audiobook
• Publication Date: 2026-04-21
• Page Count: 0