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The fool and the Phoenix
a tale of old Japan
By Lattimore, Deborah Nourse
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06026-211-2
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1997
Gr 2-5 An original fantasy set in Japan during the Tokugawa period (1603-1868). Hideo the fool, a mute birdcatcher living in the forested mountains above a remote village, meets a beautiful fairy, a phoenix/woman who Lattimore repeatedly refers to as a maiden. She tells Hideo that an evil bandit has killed her husband. (The confusion between widow and maiden is puzzling, especially in a feudal Japanese context, where such distinctions defined a woman.)...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
