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Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton.
・ISBN 978-0-252-07388-5 paper US$ 23.00
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| 著者・編者 | Birchall, Diana, |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | (Asian American Experience) |
| 出版社 | (University of Illinois Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2006 |
| ページ数 | 296 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A04-32347＞ |
解説
In 1901, Winnifred Eaton arrived in New York City with literary ambitions, journalism experience, and the manuscript for A Japanese Nightingale, the novel that would make her famous. Her writing and gift for reinvention would set her apart from other women authors of her time and make her a fascinating early figure in Asian American literature.
Diana Birchall, Eaton's granddaughter, tells the Horatio Alger story of the woman who became Onoto Watanna. Born to a British father and a Chinese mother, Winnifred capitalized on her exotic appearance-and protected herself from Americans' scorn of the Chinese-by "becoming" Japanese. Her popular Japanese-themed romance novels thrust her into the glittering world of New York's literati. From there she leapt to Hollywood to become a scriptwriting protEgEe of Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios. Yet her boldness and talent masked a sometimes-desperate personal life that included a troubled first marriage and the sudden end of her Hollywood career.
A compelling saga of the shifting boundary between life and art, Onoto Watanna reveals the conflicting stories, personal tempests, and remarkable accomplishments of a woman whose career was sensational in every sense.