Tonoharu: Part One
Daniel Wells begins a new life as an assistant junior high school teacher in the rural Japanese village of Tonoharu. Isolated from those around him by cultural and language barriers, he leads a monastic existence, peppered only by his inept pursuit of the company of a fellow American who lives a...
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Daniel Wells begins a new life as an assistant junior high school teacher in the rural Japanese village of Tonoharu. Isolated from those around him by cultural and language barriers, he leads a monastic existence, peppered only by his inept pursuit of the company of a fellow American who lives a couple towns over. But contrary to appearances, Dan isn't the only foreigner to call Tonoharu home. Across town, a group of wealthy European eccentrics board in a one-time Buddhist temple, for reasons that remain obscure to their gossiping neighbors.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780980102321 (0980102324)
Publish date: April 15th 2008
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
Pages no: 115
Edition language: English
Series: Tonoharu (#1)
Leading up to my coming trip to Japan for the first time (leaving this morning! can’t believe it came so quick), I decided to read some of the work of cartoonist Lars Martinson, a fellow Minnesotan who taught English in Japan for several years. It’s been some time since I read his intriguing, melanc...
Fairly interesting quick read. Looking forward to the next in the series to see how the story develops. The dream of a young man is definitely different than the reality he experiences. It looks at the isolation and lonliness he experiences as an outsider in Japan. I know an expat now living in Japa...
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