Jan 1, 2010
Bridge to the Sun | Bridge to the Sun
At a glance:
- Author: Gwen Terasaki
- First Published: 1957
- Time of Work: 1930–1949
- Setting: Washington, D.C.; Shanghai, China; and Tokyo, Japan
- Principal Characters: Gwen Terasaki, Hidenari
Terasaki, Mariko
Terasaki, Ah Mei, Taro Terasaki, Taira Terasaki, General Douglas MacArthur
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Autobiography, Marriage, World War II, Asia or Asians, Japan or Japanese people, Diplomacy or diplomats, Pacifism, Society of Friends or Quakers
- Locales: Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Japan, Shanghai, China
Form and Content
In her autobiography, Bridge to the Sun, Gwen Terasaki
depicts her life as the wife of a Japanese diplomat and Quaker
pacifist, Hidenari Terasaki, in China during the early years of their
marriage and in Tokyo during World War II. The book starts with the
bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and moves by flashback
to the early years of the Terasakis’ marriage in the
1930’s. The main body of the text concerns the Terasaki
family’s years of privation in Japan during the war and
Hidenari’s role as adviser to General Douglas MacArthur during...
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