Japanese at Heart: article about Lesley in the Malaysian Star

A British author unveils the wonders of writing about the Japanese, and how she has fallen in love with a culture not her own.

HER first novel tells of the forbidden love between the Japanese shogun’s last concubine and a rebel warrior. Her second takes place in the exotic pleasure quarters of Japan, where a woman forced to become a courtesan finds refuge in the heart of a battered swordsman. Her third and latest publication, Across A Bridge Of Dreams, unveils a Romeo and Juliet-esque romance between childhood sweethearts that can never be, set in – you guessed it – Japan. […]

By Lee Mei Li

First published on 6 November, 2012

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