Falling blossom : a British officer's enduring love for a Japanese woman / Peter Pagnamenta and Momoko Williams.
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TextPublication details: London : Century, 2006Description: ix, 318 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 22 cmISBN: 1846050464 (pbk.)Subject(s): Hart-Synnot, Arthur Henry Seton, 1870-1942 | Suzuki, Masako, 1878-1965 | Interracial dating -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Interracial dating -- Social aspects -- Japan | Great Britain -- Army -- Officers -- Biography | Great Britain -- Biography | Japan -- Biography | Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1912-1945Summary: This is the beautiful, true story of a tragic love affair. When Arthur Hart-Synnot, a disciplined, conservative British army officer met Masa Suzuki, a bright, beautiful Japanese girl, whilst on a military posting to Japan, the pair fell deeply and hopelessly in love. Masa was more than a 'temporary wife' like most of the other officer's Japanese girlfriends. Arthur described her as 'the supreme woman in the world'. When he was recalled to England, then sent to Burma, and then to India, their relationship struggled on, in the face of opposition from her family, from the massive gap between their cultures, from the military and from the huge distances between them.
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Published in the United States by Penguin as Sword and Blossom.
Includes bibliographical references: p. [300]-313.
This is the beautiful, true story of a tragic love affair. When Arthur Hart-Synnot, a disciplined, conservative British army officer met Masa Suzuki, a bright, beautiful Japanese girl, whilst on a military posting to Japan, the pair fell deeply and hopelessly in love. Masa was more than a 'temporary wife' like most of the other officer's Japanese girlfriends. Arthur described her as 'the supreme woman in the world'. When he was recalled to England, then sent to Burma, and then to India, their relationship struggled on, in the face of opposition from her family, from the massive gap between their cultures, from the military and from the huge distances between them.
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