by Jun'ichi Watanabe · Seix Barral · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432231919
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«Ginko. La primera doctora» is the historical novel by Jun'ichi Watanabe, published by Seix Barral in hardback (400 pages, in Spanish).
Ginko Ogino, a young woman in 19th-century Japan, is ostracized by her family and society after contracting a venereal disease. Humiliated by being examined by men, she decides to study medicine and become Japan's first female doctor. The novel portrays her struggle against prejudice and her determination to help other women.
Volume 1 of the Biblioteca Abierta collection. First edition, published on 19 May 2009, with illustrated dust jacket.
For readers of historical fiction interested in 19th-century Japan and in women's struggle to enter forbidden professions.
