Ka mea kākau ʻO Laura Joh Rowland hoʻokō i kahi hui moʻokalaleo hoihoi loa. Ke ʻike nei i kāna kumu mai Kina e nā mākua ʻelua, nui kona ʻike i nā moʻomeheu oriental. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua ʻae ʻo ia iā ia iho i kekahi manawa a kāna makuakāne i hoʻokomo ai i loko ona i ke kuko moʻokalaleo no ka hopohopo a i ʻole ka pīhoihoi o nā mea kākau e like me Agatha Christie.
I kekahi manawa, kū mai ka cocktails kahaha loa mai nā hui like ʻole. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, i ka hiki ʻana o ka mea kākau i ka makahiki 40, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kākau i nā moʻolelo. A i ʻole ʻo ia ka manaʻo inā loaʻa ka laki me ka mea mua: ʻO Shinju. Aloha pāpā...
Pela no. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka mōʻaukala Iapana a me ka moʻomeheu me kahi hoʻolālā hoʻopaʻapaʻa maʻemaʻe i hoʻopau i ke komo ʻana i ka lehulehu e makemake nui ana i nā manaʻo hou a me nā mea hou. I kekahi manawa, ʻo ka heluhelu ʻana iā Laura Rowland me he mea lā me ka mele Zen, a hiki i ka puka ʻana o kahi leo ʻeleʻele e hoʻopilikia a hoihoi ...
3 Nā Novel i Paipai ʻia e Laura Rowland
ʻO ka wahine Samurai
ʻLelo wau, ʻaʻala o shiso poni i ka ʻāina o ka puka ʻana o ka lā. Ke pilikia nei ka pū kī, aia kahi hoʻoweliweli nui ma luna o ka pūʻali koa Iapana. Hele mai ʻo Sano Ichiro e kōkua i kēia alakaʻi o ka pūʻali koa Iāpana e hoʻoponopono i kahi mea pohihihi nui a kāpae i ka pōā nāna e hoʻoweliweli i nā koa a pau.
Hōʻuluʻulu Manaʻo: hele pū me kāna wahine nani a wahine ikaika ʻo Reiko, ka mea ma hope o ke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana ua ʻae ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kōkua e mālama i ka launa male, ka hanana hanohano, ke kūlana a me ka mea noiʻi Sano Ichiro e neʻe iā Miyako e hoʻonā i ka hihia paʻakikī loa o kāna ʻoihana.
Hoʻokomo ʻia e ka pono e mālama i ko lākou kūlana quo ma mua o ka shogun, i hoʻowalewale ʻia e nā hana maʻalea a kāna hoa hoʻokūkū ʻo Chamberlain Yanagisawa, ua hōʻea ʻo Sano a me kāna wahine helehelena i ka hale aliʻi o ka mōʻī me ka mikiona nui o ka wehe ʻana i ka mea pepehi kanaka nāna ka huna o kiai, ' ka uē ʻuhane ', kahi aoa nui e hiki ai i ka pepehi kanaka ʻana ma kahi.
Kimono ʻala
Lawe hou ʻo Sano Ichiro i ka hopena o kahi hihia enigmatic. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi leka, hoʻopau ka mea kau inoa i ka make. ʻO ka mea hoihoi loa ia i loko o kēlā leka ua manaʻo mua ka mea kākau i kona make ponoʻī. Mai kēlā leka kahi a Sano Ichiro e aʻo ai i nā kānalua o ka mea i make, e haku ʻo ia i kekahi mau mea pūʻiwa ...
Hōʻuluʻulu Manaʻo: I ka hopena o ke kenekulia XNUMX, aia ʻo Iapana ma ke kaʻe o ke kaua kūloko. I ke ʻano o ka haunaele a me nā haunaele kaulana nui, ʻo Sano Ichiro - "kahi mea noiʻi hanohano loa o nā hanana, nā kūlana, a me nā poʻe" a me ka mea nāna e hoʻopuka i nā puke āpau i kēia moʻo - ua loaʻa iā ia kahi leka posthumous mai Makino, kekahi o nā Tokugawa shogun nā kākāʻōlelo hoʻohanohano., me ka noi ʻano ʻē e noiʻi ʻo ia i kona make ponoʻī.
ʻOiai, ua manaʻo ka Makino hope e haʻalele ʻo ia i kēia ao no nā kumu kūlohelohe a hilinaʻi e hoʻohanohano ʻo Sano i kāna makemake hope loa. Eia naʻe, e lilo koke ana ka hoʻokolokolo i mea hihia weliweli.
I ka heihei pīhoihoi e kūʻē i ka manawa, ua ʻike ʻo Sano a me kāna wahine ʻōpio ʻo Reiko e pili ana ʻo Makino me Chamberlain Matsudaira, ke alakaʻi o kekahi o nā ʻāpana kaua, a ʻo ka mea make i loaʻa i loko o ka hale hoʻokamakama hoʻokalakupua ka mea liʻiliʻi ma mua o Daiemon, ka hoahānau. o ka puʻukū.
ʻO Shinju, ke aloha pāpā ʻia
ʻO kēia puke mua a ka mea kākau i lilo i kikeke no kāna ʻoihana. ʻO kahi puke no ka mea hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia, ua manaʻo mua ʻia nā manaʻo pohihihi e hiki mai ana.
Hōʻuluʻulu Manaʻo: kahi kipi paʻakikī e lawe iā mākou i ka honua momona a kupaianaha o Iapana i ka makahiki ʻumikūmāhiku. Me nā kikoʻī kikoʻī e hōʻike iā mākou me kahi moʻolelo make o ka kipi, ka hoʻopunipuni a me ka pepehi kanaka.
I ka piha mehameha a me ka ʻike ʻo ia ke hoʻomaʻau ʻia, ʻo ka pono wale nō o Sano Ichiro e alakaʻi iā ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea pohihihi ke waiho ʻia ma nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ke aupuni. Hiki iā ia ke ʻike i ke ʻano maoli o ka pepehi kanaka a me ka palaho, a i ʻole e make paha ka ʻoiaʻiʻo me ka shinju i ka wai o ka muliwai Sumida?
