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''The Ginger Tree'' is a 1977 novel by Scottish novelist
Oswald Wynd Oswald Morris Wynd (1913–1998) was a Scottish writer. He is best known for his novel '' The Ginger Tree'', which was adapted into a BBC televised mini-series in 1989. Wynd was born 4 July 1913 in Tokyo of parents who had left their native ...
published in the UK by Collins Publishers. The novel was
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into a 4-part TV series by the
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for release in 1989, and subsequently shown as part of PBS's ''Masterpiece Theatre''. Because of the adaptation, the novel became Wynd's most famous. The novel follows a Scottish woman who falls in love with a Japanese Count, and naval officer, and the culture of Japan, following her from 1903 to 1942. Bond's character gives birth to the Count's illegitimate child and goes on after the child's abduction to work in a leading Japanese department store as the first western saleswoman. She later sets up her own store, only to be forced to leave when Japan becomes involved in war.


Reception

''Kirkus Reviews'' was very positive about the novel, writing "Wynd maneuvers skillfully among Chinese and Japanese mores and landscapes--an acute selection from the author's apparently vast, engaged knowledge of the East. A completely diverting and moving tracery of the hardening destiny of a nation and the quiet shriveling of one heart."


References

1977 British novels Scottish historical novels Novels set in Japan Historical novels Eland Books books Japan in non-Japanese culture William Collins, Sons books {{1970s-hist-novel-stub