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The Scent of Sake

By Joyce Lebra

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780061662379

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She was taught to submit, to obey... but she dreamed of an empire.

The sole heir to the House of Omura, a venerable family of Kobe sake brewers, nineteen-year-old Rie hears but cannot heed her mother's advice: that in nineteenth-centuryJapan, a woman must "kill the self" or her life will be to Continue

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Yes, there are also geishas in the story

The Scent of Sake has memorable characters. But it's the way the story is told that makes this book less than wonderful. Nonetheless, I still think that it was an enjoyable read. For a few hours, I was transported into the world of sake merchants in 19th Century Japan, following, but never rooting f ... (continue)

The Scent of Sake has memorable characters. But it's the way the story is told that makes this book less than wonderful. Nonetheless, I still think that it was an enjoyable read. For a few hours, I was transported into the world of sake merchants in 19th Century Japan, following, but never rooting for its main character, Riye, quite a woman to say the least.
I would be unfair to compare this book to James Clavell's Shogun or even to Pearl Buck's The Good Earth. The Scent of Sake is not a masterpiece but can be thoroughly enjoyed on a cool, rainy day -- with excellent Sake if possible.

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