num_pages: 216
description: Akiko is a working wife and mother of a teenage son. When her mother-in-law suddenly dies of a stroke, Akiko becomes the sole caregiver for her selfish father-in-law Shegezo.The Twilight Years raises important issues about the quality of life at the end of life, caregiving for the old, and the dilemma of women who have both career and family obligations.
language: English
title: The Twilight Years
titlecomplete: The Twilight Years
genres: Fiction, Asia, Roman, Japan, Womens, Japanese Literature, Literature, Asian Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 390
places: Tokyo
publisher: Kodansha