The Honorable Miss Moonlight - Onoto Watanna

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Résumé :
When the day of Lord Saito Gonji's birthday arrives, Gonji celebrates with dread, knowing that in a week, he will be married. Sent away in his youth for samurai training, and then to higher education, Gonji is very connected to his studies. After his intelligence is proven, his professors even tell Gonji that he would do great things for Japan one day. However, since he is the youngest son in his family, Gonji is expected to marry-a social expectation that he cannot get around. Now, on his birthday, he is expected to marry a childhood friend, Ohano in one week, which will greatly interfere with his studies. When his family notice how upset Gonji is over the arranged marriage, they grant him one week of pure freedom, allowing him to do whatever he chooses. Soon into the week, Gonji meets a famous dancer. Known by the stage name of Spider, the dancer was at the height of her career after being trained by the most celebrated geisha in Japan. When Spider and Gonji become intimate during the week, their fleeting encounter soon proves to complicate the plans Gonji's parents made for him. Featuring complex and memorable characters as well as detailed descriptions of Japanese customs and landscapes, The Honorable Miss Moonlight depicts a vivid portrait of 20th century Japan. With themes of gender, sexuality, identity, and a close perspective of the honor/shame culture of Japan in the 1900s, The Honorable Miss Moonlight is as enlightening as it is entertaining. First published in 1912, The Honorable Miss Moonlight is one of Onoto Watanna's most famous works, yet is rarely found in print. This special edition features a stunning cover design and is printed in an easy-to-read font. With these accommodations, this edition caters to contemporary readers by restoring the novel to modern standards while preserving the original intricacy of Onoto Watanna's work.

Biographie:
Winnifred Eaton was a writer and screenwriter whose career spanned fiction, journalism and early cinema. Publishing under various names, most notably the pseudonym Onoto Watanna, Eaton became one of the first North American authors of Asian descent to produce fiction in English. Eaton's work drew from a diverse cultural background and included romance novels, short stories, articles and cookbooks, as well as screenplays for silent films. Her writing often explored cross-cultural experiences and was widely read across North America. Eaton found early success as a teenager contributing to newspapers and magazines, and her novel A Japanese Nightingale gained particular popularity, being adapted for the stage and film. She wrote extensively during her time in Canada and the United States, later working in the film industry in New York and Hollywood. Eaton remained active in literary and artistic communities, especially in Alberta, where she supported local theatre and authors. Her contributions continue to be recognized as part of North America's literary and cinematic history....

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