In her skillful debut novel, Kij Johnson took the classic Japanese myth of the fox who dared to become a woman to win true love and created The Fox Woman, a tale of love and the nature of the soul. Set in the same universe as The Fox Woman, Johnson now enters the world of the creature Kagaya-hime, a woman-warrior and confidante to noblemen. This being started her journey as a tortoise-shell cat who saw her family destroyed by a fire that decimated most of the Imperial city. She has been rendered taleless, with no one but her left to pass on such stories as The Cat Born the Year the Star Fell and The Fire-Tailed Cat. Without her fudoki-self and soul and home and shrine-she cannot. keep the power of her clan together.
By:
Kij Johnson Imprint: St Martins/Tor Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 408g ISBN:9780765303912 ISBN 10: 0765303914 Pages: 320 Publication Date:01 October 2004 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Other merchandise Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Fudoki
Mesmerizing...This tale of life and dying, of love and humanity, soars with feline grace. --Publishers Weekly