num_pages: 384
description: Shortly before World War II, Etsuko returns to Japan with her infant nephew to dwell in the foreboding samurai home of her estranged mother, where she struggles to find inner peace as the world descends into war. A first novel. 35,000 first printing. Tour.
language: English
title: The Strangeness of Beauty: A Novel
titlecomplete: The Strangeness of Beauty: A Novel
genres: Classics, Japan, American, Asian Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Historical
ratings_count: 688
publisher: Simon & Schuster