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A review by nmcannon
To Live and to Write: Selections by Japanese Women Writers, 1913-1938 by Hiroko M. Malatesta, Elizabeth Hanson, Yukiko Tanaka
5.0
This book was incredible. Each story spoke of the writers' strength and endurance through supremely difficult times, and I ate it up. These women conquered poverty, hunger, censorship, and patriarchy to write beautiful, destructive, and soul-punching words. Simply put: these ladies are SO FREAKING HARDCORE, DUDE.
I read this book to research for a short story, and I wasn't disappointed. Each short story is preceded with a mini-biography of the author, so now I have pages of notes in my notebook about Japanese women writers during the period. I admire them so much, and I scribbled down titles of their full works to read later. Awesome read!
I read this book to research for a short story, and I wasn't disappointed. Each short story is preceded with a mini-biography of the author, so now I have pages of notes in my notebook about Japanese women writers during the period. I admire them so much, and I scribbled down titles of their full works to read later. Awesome read!