MONA GARDNER — Middle Heaven

London, Panther. 1964, Reprint. Soft cover. Book, Covers very worn, flyleaf torn out, page edges brown. Reading copy of an uncommon book, novel of modern Japan. "A tale of people who live constantly under the shadow of disaster, and particularly of Tomo, a peasant woman, living not only in hunger, but with the desperate need to keep her family together. There are many problems she must face-her husband broken in body and spirit; her children impatiently seeking their own destinies; ,,,Yamamato, the rich landowner who desires Tomo. Life for her grows harder and harder, and then comes the terror and devastation of an earthquake .". Fair/No Jacket.