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John Bester
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nouveau
nouveau rated it 12 years ago
in the early 1980s, a countryside doctor in Japan met a chief of a yakuza gang and history was made...the first of two Yakuza books to be "accidentally" written; in that a writer accidentally meets a significant organized crime figure and then characterizes that life. (the other being the one about ...
The Meilairean Reviews
The Meilairean Reviews rated it 16 years ago
oh ampun.. I was a bit depressed when I read this book, and it took hella long to read the whole book because of my bad emotion and the dark feeling this book gave to me. but strangely I like this book..
Maven Books
Maven Books rated it 19 years ago
A rather depressing tale of a Japanese woman's experiences in the late 18th and 19th centuries, beginning with the task of finding her husband a mistress. Much family drama throughout. The translation was a bit awkward, but the story was interesting.
Merle
Merle rated it 56 years ago
A book about a Japanese woman and her husband's mistresses/concubines, and how everybody in this complicated household gets along, and why patriarchy sucks.I am not rating this book, or really reviewing it, because I was not able to fully appreciate it, but also don't think that was the author's fau...
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