{"product_id":"white-elephant-9781634059589","title":"White Elephant","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a deeply-imbedded indebtedness to their father Morimasa Morimoto, a self-made man in post-war Japan, two sisters struggle to uphold a family legacy. Sakiko moves to the fantastically free United States. Fragile and unsure in 1960s San Francisco, she clings to her brazen artist husband for stability. Hiroko, headstrong and irreverent, uses her father's money to move to New York, promising to become a famous artist. Intolerant of weakness in others, she crumbles in the face of her own shortcomings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom catty carpooling moms to manipulative stoners, abortions to adultery, \u003ci\u003eWhite Elephant \u003c\/i\u003eis a vivid book from a seasoned artist turned writer. Mako Idemitsu, daughter of Rockefeller-esque petroleum executive Sazo Idemitsu, reconfigures her own family discord to reflect on the binds of being female in this gorgeous English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Tokyo, Japan, \u003cb\u003e Mako Idemitsu \u003c\/b\u003eimmigrated to the United States in 1963 where she met and married abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis. Disillusioned with housewife life she picked up an 8mm camera and became a pioneer in experimental video and the feminist art movement of the 1970s. Internationally acclaimed, her work has been featured in major museums worldwide and is included in the MOMA's permanent collection. This is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning translator \u003cb\u003eJuliet Winters Carpenter \u003c\/b\u003ehas rendered the works of Abe Kobo, Fumiko Enchi, and Minae Mizumura. Within the year she will be the first person to have won the prestigious Japan-US Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chin Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634059589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mako Idemitsu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259579429045,"sku":"9781634059589","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2a5f8e42-4c96-4f87-8830-78ae52cc1d45.jpg?v=1771342299","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/white-elephant-9781634059589","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}