by Ellis Avery · Grijalbo Mondadori · tapa dura · ISBN 9788425340864
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«La casa de té» is the historical novel by Ellis Avery, published by Grijalbo Mondadori in hardback (522 pages, in Spanish).
Aurelia arrives from New York to Japan with her missionary uncle and is taken in by a family devoted to the tea ceremony. Renamed Urako, she befriends Yukako, the tea master's daughter, in a world of rituals and geishas that is beginning to change. The novel weaves friendship, love and sensuality with the secrets of that Japanese tradition.
Spanish translation by Carme Geronès and Alberto Coscarelli; original in English The Teahouse Fire. ISBN 9788425340864, 2007 edition.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and literary narrative, with an interest in Japanese culture and the tea ceremony.
