The Strangeness of Beauty is about cultural conflict and resolution as much as it is about familial conflict and resolution. The novel examines Western and Eastern cultures from both native and foreign perspectives, and uncovers their respective faults and merits.
What is the setting of the story the strangeness of beauty?
The Strangeness of Beauty begins as a quietly self-reflective ‘autobiography’ of an Japanese expatriate living in 1920s Seattle, and quickly expands its scope to three generations of a Japanese matriarchy living in Kobe under the shadow of World War II.
What is the theme of the story the strangeness of beauty?
From an award-winning author comes a searing tale of three generations of women, Japanese and American, whose strained reunion in Kobe on the brink of World War II challenges the identity, spirit, and capacity for love of each of them.
