At the end of World War Two, a generation of Japanese women found itself frozen, as if in amber - the last representatives of an exquisite, ancient culture. In the past lay the brutality and defeat of World War II. In the future was the American Century. 'The Laws Of Evening' brings to life these women in the twilight of a civilization.
As Makiko tries to leaven her son's appetite for dodgeball and American food with the memory of his father, or a woman asks few questions of an old, lost friend so that he might save face, the beauty and resilience of Japan open up for us. Through her astonishingly elegant and authentic portraits, Mary Yukari Waters takes her readers into the human heart behind the ritual.
