The Temple of Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen

The Temple of Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizenby Tsutomu Minakami Publication Date: 03 01 2008 ISBN: 9781564784902 The Temple of the Wild Geese, a semi autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mother, a beggar, abandoned him. Sent to live at a temple at the age of ten, his resentment smolders for years until it explodes in a shocking climax. In Bamboo Dolls of Echizen, no woman is willing to marry the diminutive