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The heart of Hyacinth, 1903 / by Onoto Watanna ; illustrated, decorations by Kiyokichi Sano.

Women's Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Watanna, Onoto, 1875-1954, author.
Contributor:
Sano, Kiyokichi, illustrator.
AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Series:
Women's voices and life writing. 1600-1968.
Women's voices and life writing. 1600-1968
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Americans--Japan--Fiction.
Americans.
Japan--Race relations--Fiction.
Japan.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (iii, 250 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Place of Publication:
1903 /
New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, MCMIII.
Summary:
Tells a story of Hyacinth Lorrimer, a child of white parents who was raised from infancy in Japan by a Japanese foster mother. She becomes engaged to a Japanese aristocrat when her Dad from the US comes back to reclaim her. Lots of gender and race theory elements in the text, accompanied by beautiful colour illustrations.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: Document Supply MFR-3053 *9836* reel 8 no 76.
"Transcripts: Please note that an automatically generated transcript is available to download for this document"--Home page.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2024. Digitized from a copy held by The British Library and made available by AM.
Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed on March 21, 2024).
OCLC:
1427709877
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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