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  2. Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne

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    A small publishing company, Dai-san Shokan, later published the book in August 2007, along with a companion book by investigative journalist Mineo Noda titled The Truth about 'Princess Masako' – Mystery of the Contents Which Were Censored, which claims to reveal the ways the Japanese establishment tried to prevent Hills' book being published.

  3. Silence (Endō novel) - Wikipedia

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    Media type. Print. Silence (Japanese: 沈黙, Hepburn: Chinmoku) is a 1966 novel of theological and historical fiction by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō. It tells the story of a Jesuit missionary sent to 17th-century Japan, who endures persecution in the time of Kakure Kirishitan ("Hidden Christians") that followed the defeat of the Shimabara ...

  4. Jane Hamilton - Wikipedia

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    Jane Hamilton was born and grew up in Oak Park, Illinois (U.S.), [1] the youngest of five children. She won prizes for poetry and short stories throughout high school and college but was always told that being a writer would not be a viable career. Because she was not a good speller, she did not believe she could be a copy editor or editor ...

  5. The Makioka Sisters - Wikipedia

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    The Makioka Sisters (細雪, Sasameyuki, "light snow") is a novel by Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki that was serialized from 1943 to 1948. It follows the lives of the wealthy Makioka family of Osaka from the autumn of 1936 to April 1941, focusing on the family's attempts to find a husband for the third sister, Yukiko.

  6. Jane Smiley - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles, California, U.S. Education. Vassar College (BA) University of Iowa (MA, MFA, PhD) Awards. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992. American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2001. Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).

  7. History of general anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    It is recorded in the Book of Master Han Fei (c. 250 BC), the Records of the Grand Historian (c. 100 BC), and the Book of Master Lie (c. 300 AD) that Bian Que gave two men, named "Lu" and "Chao", a toxic drink which rendered them unconscious for three days, during which time he performed a gastrostomy upon them. [26] [27] [28]