000			01869cam a2200349 a 4500
003			OSt
005			20250910092420.0
008			070411s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
020			_a9781400096053 [paperback]
040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100	1		_aSchwartz, John Burnham. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe commoner : _ba novel / _cJohn Burnham Schwartz.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York : _bVintage Books, _cc2008.
300			_a351 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aNational bestseller
520			_aIn this national bestseller from the author of Reservation Road, a young woman, Haruko, becomes the first nonaristocratic woman to penetrate the Japanese monarchy. When she marries the Crown Prince of Japan in 1959, Haruko is met with cruelty and suspicion by the Empress, and controlled at every turn as she tries to navigate this mysterious, hermetic world, suffering a nervous breakdown after finally giving birth to a son. Thirty years later, now Empress herself, she plays a crucial role in persuading another young woman to accept the marriage proposal of her son, with tragic consequences. Based on extensive research, The Commoner is a stunning novel about a brutally rarified and controlled existence, and the complex relationship between two isolated women who are truly understood only by each other.
521			_aAdult
541			_xLauron, Rodello _yGeneral Education _zFiction
546			_aEnglish
650		0	_aNobility _zJapan _vFiction.
650		0	_aWomen _zJapan _vFiction.
651		0	_aJapan _xHistory _y1945- _vFiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction.
655		7	_aFiction.
942			_2ddc _cBK
998			_cadryann[new] _d07/14/2025
999			_c13761 _d13761