2.5
The Mask Carver's Son
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1890. Yamamoto Kiyoki is a Japanese art student, dreaming of studying in Paris with the inspiring and vibrant Impressionist painters.
Yamamoto Ryusei is Kiyoki’s father. Ryusei’s art, carving intricate masks for traditional Japanese theater, has been his refuge from loneliness since the death of his beloved wife, and he is revered as the most inspired artist of his kind. He expects his only son to honor the traditions of his family and his country, not to be seduced by Western ideas of what is beautiful. Ryusei hopes Kiyoki will follow his own distinguished career, creating masks that will become the family’s crowning achievement.
But what is a father to do when his son’s path is not what he had planned? And how can a son honor his father, and yet fulfill his own destiny?
READERS GUIDE INSIDE
Yamamoto Ryusei is Kiyoki’s father. Ryusei’s art, carving intricate masks for traditional Japanese theater, has been his refuge from loneliness since the death of his beloved wife, and he is revered as the most inspired artist of his kind. He expects his only son to honor the traditions of his family and his country, not to be seduced by Western ideas of what is beautiful. Ryusei hopes Kiyoki will follow his own distinguished career, creating masks that will become the family’s crowning achievement.
But what is a father to do when his son’s path is not what he had planned? And how can a son honor his father, and yet fulfill his own destiny?
READERS GUIDE INSIDE
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2.5
Cloe Valverde
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“Bro, what?
The first part of the book was wonderful, not gonna lie. But the third part was honesty so
anticlimactic it made me sick. We spend a lot understanding and learning how Kioyi is finally
going to France, and his whole experience there —at least for me— seems pretty limited.
(the we have that the first description of eva that is given it's basically straight out of freaking
wattpad, which for a book like this makes me ill. And that not to mention that that type of description is just for the French women, maybe it’s a source due to the fact they come from different cultures, but still.)
I get that it is realistic in some things, like the fact most artists die alone and without a cent on
their pocket. But that realism is not completely all over the book, like with Ryusei, why does a
random family decide to take him in, and give him their only daughter? just like that?!”
Shannon Pitorak
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komacdi
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“Beautifully written”
Carolyn Kelly
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Kathryn
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