The office of gardens and ponds
Decoin, Didier, 1945-2020
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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.
Main title:
The office of gardens and ponds / Didier Decoin ; translated from the French by Euan Cameron.
Author:
Decoin, Didier, 1945-, authorCameron, Euan (Translator), translator
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2020.
Collation:
308 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.This translation originally published: 2019.
ISBN:
9780857057563 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.92FICTION
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2903506