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The office of gardens and ponds / Didier Decoin ; translated by Euan Cameron.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: French Publisher: London : MacLehose Press, 2019Description: 308 pages ; ill 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780857057600 (hbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Le bureau des jardins et des étangs. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 843 23
Summary: "The village of Shimae is thrown into turmoil when master carp-catcher Katsuro suddenly drowns in the murky waters of the Kusagawa river. Who now will carry the precious cargo of carp to the Imperial Palace and preserve the crucial patronage that everyone in the village depends upon? Step forward Miyuki, Katsuro's grief-struck widow and the only remaining person in the village who knows anything about carp. She alone can undertake the long, perilous journey to the Imperial Palace, balancing the heavy baskets of fish on a pole across her shoulders, and ensure her village's future." - Book cover
List(s) this item appears in: New acquisitions Nov - Dec 2019 | New acquisitions 2019 | Acquisitions 2019-2020
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Loanable Book Library General Collection 843 DEC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000438074

Translated from the French.

"The village of Shimae is thrown into turmoil when master carp-catcher Katsuro suddenly drowns in the murky waters of the Kusagawa river. Who now will carry the precious cargo of carp to the Imperial Palace and preserve the crucial patronage that everyone in the village depends upon? Step forward Miyuki, Katsuro's grief-struck widow and the only remaining person in the village who knows anything about carp. She alone can undertake the long, perilous journey to the Imperial Palace, balancing the heavy baskets of fish on a pole across her shoulders, and ensure her village's future." - Book cover

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