"Samurai and Silk" is beautifully written, with a sense of intimacy
that only firsthand experience and family traditions could confer.
It is also a work of broad historical value, since both
grandfathers played a major role in reshaping Japan and laying the
foundations of its modern economic power.--John Gross "New York
Times "
[Haru Reischauer] is a sensitive and skilled biographer and
storyteller. Full of charm and insight..."Samurai and Silk" is at
once an autobiography, a double biography, and a family saga
covering three generations. It is a treat to read..."Samurai and
Silk" may be the Japan book of the year, and one does not have to
be an old Japan hand to savor its pleasures.--David S. Williams
"Los Angeles Times Book Review "
The book offers a superb portrait, containing both the broad
strokes and the fine details of a crucial era in Japan's
history.--Alan Moores "Asiaweek "
What gives "Samurai and Silk" special value is that it approaches
the story of modern Japan through that of Mrs. Reischauer's own
family. This has made possible the use of family records not only
to give point and liveliness to much of what she writes, but also,
because of the particular strands of lineage that came together in
her parents' generation, to demonstrate some of the central
realities of Japanese modernization.--W. G. Beasley "Times Literary
Supplement "
ÝHaru Reischauer¨ is a sensitive and skilled biographer and
storyteller. Full of charm and insight..."Samurai and Silk" is at
once an autobiography, a double biography, and a family saga
covering three generations. It is a treat to read..."Samurai and
Silk" may be the Japan book of the year, and one does not have to
be an old Japan hand to savor its pleasures. -- David S. Williams
"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
What gives "Samurai and Silk special value is that it approaches
the story of modern Japan through that of Mrs. Reischauer's own
family. This has made possible the use of family records not only
to give point and liveliness to much of what she writes, but also,
because of the particular strands of lineage that came together in
her parents' generation, to demonstrate some of the central
realities of Japanese modernization.
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