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Oswald Wynd was born in Japan to
Scottish missionary parents in 1918. He was captured by the
Japanese during World War II and spent time in a Japanese prison
camp in Hokkaido where he used his Japanese language skills to
help other prisoners of war.
When he returned from the war he began to write novels, most of
which were set in Asia. Some were written under his own name,
while others (mainly thrillers) were written under the name of
Gavin Black. |
A discussion
guide for The Ginger Tree from the Morton Grove Public
Library
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The Ginger Tree is Oswald
Wynd's most popular book. Over a period of forty years, beginning
in 1903, a Scottish woman marries a British military attache in
Peking, becomes passionately involved with a Japanese military
aristocrat, moves to Japan in search of her missing child, and
proves herself to be an extremely successful businesswoman.
The Ginger Tree became a BBC miniseries in 1989. |
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