'One Hundred and One Ways' by Mako Yoshikawa

I was browsing books at a local Oxfam shop earlier this summer and picked up one novel that turned out to be a real treasure. I had not heard of Mako Yoshikawa before, yet now I am a fan. Mako Yoshikawa's first novel 'One Hundred and One Ways' is a must read. It

was published by Bantam in 1999. A national bestseller in the States, it has been translated into six languages, including German, Swedish, and Hebrew.

Yoshikawa herself has an interesting life that has inspired her novels. She was born and raised in Princeton, NJ, spent two years of her childhood in Tokyo. She has also lived in England, France, Switzerland, and New Zealand. She attended Columbia University, received a Masters in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama at Lincoln College, Oxford, and has a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Active as a scholar as well as a novelist, she has published articles on incest and race.

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Here is the author's website for more information:

http://www.makoyoshikawa.com/