Description:
An American businessman and a Japanese dancer struggle to overcome cultural barriers as they fall in love. A Japanese Nightingale is a 20th century romance written by the prolific author, Onoto Watanna. A Japanese Nightingale follows the romance between a blundering American man and an independent Japanese woman, and explores the conflict between Western and Eastern culture.
Brief description:
Winnifred Eaton, (1875-1954) better known by her penname, Onoto Watanna was a Canadian author and screenwriter of Chinese-British ancestry. First published at the age of fourteen, Watanna worked a variety of jobs, each utilizing her talent for writing. She worked for newspapers while she wrote her novels, becoming known for her romantic fiction and short stories. Later, Watanna became involved in the world of theater and film. She wrote screenplays in New York, and founded the Little Theatre Movement, which aimed to produced artistic content independent of commercial standards. After her death in 1954, the Reeve Theater in Alberta, Canada was built in her honor.