Janet Pocorobba

The Fourth String (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir of Sensei and Me

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

ANOTHER FASCINATING LOOK INSIDE JAPAN. An American woman takes up the study of music and begins a relationship with her teacher, an older woman. We hear of such relationships but rarely see them explored in detail as they play out over the years. It is an "only in Japan" story that we see from American eyes.

WHERE CULTURE AND PERSONALITY COME TOGETHER: Art is the product of talent, practice, and devotion, and Japanese traditional music is one unique result. This book reveals the tenacity and struggles behind the art, and reveals that the end of art is not so much the final piece but the process of getting there.

A TALE OF TWO WOMEN: The interplay between the author and her Sensei is a fascinating look at two women, both outsiders in some fashion, looking for purpose through art and practice. To be an unconventional woman in Japan is distancing and dangerous.

VERY PROMOTABLE: The author now lives outside Boston and can serve up her book with her own shamisen musical accompaniment. And her story is just the kind of tale that earns feature coverage in the press.

Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: With No Single Big Book, Multiple Memoirs Steal the Show By Rachel Deahl Oct 12, 2017, Publishers Weekly Escapism and connection-this is what buyers at the Frankfurt Book Fair are betting readers want. . . . the tastemakers in the publishing industry spent big on a handful of women's fiction titles, and a bunch of memoirs. While the novels will offer a classic dose of escapism, the memoirs, some insiders mused, can deliver something readers may crave even more in these divisive times: a sense of connection with other people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stone Bridge Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611729344
• Artikelnr.: 55098067

Autorenporträt

Janet Pocorobba's involvement with Japan includes two decades of performing and lecturing on Japanese arts on two continents, in concert halls, schools, museums, and backyards. Her work has been published in the Rumpus, Harvard Review, The Writer, Kyoto Journal, Indiana Review, and others. She is currently associate professor and associate director of the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University. Janet lives in Vermont and can be reached at www.janetpocorobba.com