{"product_id":"the-wild-geese-the-modern-classic-that-was-the-source-for-the-highly-acclaimed-film-the-mistriss-paperback","title":"The Wild Geese: The Modern Classic That Was the Source for the Highly Acclaimed Film, 'The Mistriss' - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOgai Mori\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSanford Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eKingo Ochiai\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis modern classic, written in 1913, was the source for the highly acclaimed film, \u003ci\u003eThe Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Geese\u003c\/i\u003e, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love, set against the background of the dizzying social change accompanying the fall of the Meiji regime. The young heroine, Otama, is forced by poverty to become a moneylender's mistress. She is surrounded by skillfully-drawn characters--her weak-willed father, her virile and calculating lover (and his suspicious wife), and the handsome student who is both the object of her desire and the symbol of her rescue--as well as a colorful procession of Meiji era figures--geisha, students, entertainers, unscrupulous matchmakers, shopkeepers, and greedy landladies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike those around her, and like the wild geese of the titles, Otama yearns for the freedom of flight. Her dawning consciousness of her predicament brings the novel to a touching climax.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOgai Mori\u003c\/b\u003e (1862-1922) stands in the foremost rank of modern Japanese novelists. His professional success as an army surgeon was outstripped by his even more brilliant ascent in the literary world of the Meiji and Taisho eras. His work is characterized by a strong humanistic element, a romantic quality effectively tempered by realism, and a lucid style that often rises to lyric intensity as in the closing passages of \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Geese\u003c\/i\u003e. Written in 1913, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Geese\u003c\/i\u003e enjoyed such success in Japan that it was made into a film, shown abroad as \u003ci\u003eThe Mistress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44344544657510,"sku":"9784805308844","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/iZPf_J7Nxi9784805308844.webp?v=1768683073","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-wild-geese-the-modern-classic-that-was-the-source-for-the-highly-acclaimed-film-the-mistriss-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}