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The Broken Bridge showcases the literary work of 36 non-Japanese writers, expatriates in Japan who provide 36 windows looking in on the country, revealing a Japan as seen through the eyes of writers who love and live, but who will never completely belong, in Japan. Gaijin (foreigners) to the Japanese, destined always to be outsiders to a certain extent, they all find their own balance between individual identity and conforming to Japanese society. The writers represent a variety of eras (from the occupation on through to the '90s) and they deal with love, dignity, adultery, desecration, and despair in stories that are alternately full of humor and humiliation, happiness and pain. An English teacher in Frank Tuohy's "The Broken Bridge" seeks the author of a troubled essay and discovers, after a series of cultural "mistakes," that the student has killed himself. Drawn with fascination to Miss Yukiya's body and Miss Hama's mind, Morgan Gibson's protagonist in "Is There a God in Your Heart?" looks up for the Big Dipper and falls into a ditch. While the literary styles are diverse, the quality never wavers as these writers explore their adopted country, their inner demons, and their love-hate relationships with Japan.
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"This generous, long-overdue collection of unpredictable insights and diverse illuminations reveals a rich, seldom-recognized genre, with many fine exponents represented. Perceptively assembled and introduced." -Kyoto Journal -- Review
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"Hi, there." A young American hailed me outside the building of the Faculty of Literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
granny room, mai shu, screen man, police box Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Otto John, Miss Hama, Miss Yukiya, Professor Naito, Jiro Sato, New York, Larry Breitmeyer, Fumiko Hall, Miss Yamagishi, New Year, Uncle Joseph, Black Market, Japan Times, New Orleans, Taizo Hitomi, The Grape, Tokyo University, Baptist Hospital, Direct Method, Lion Beer Hall, Old Testament, Henry Stark, Hong Kong, Lafcadio Hearn, Professor Ito New!
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"Hi, there." A young American hailed me outside the building of the Faculty of Literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
granny room, mai shu, screen man, police box Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Otto John, Miss Hama, Miss Yukiya, Professor Naito, Jiro Sato, New York, Larry Breitmeyer, Fumiko Hall, Miss Yamagishi, New Year, Uncle Joseph, Black Market, Japan Times, New Orleans, Taizo Hitomi, The Grape, Tokyo University, Baptist Hospital, Direct Method, Lion Beer Hall, Old Testament, Henry Stark, Hong Kong, Lafcadio Hearn, Professor Ito New!
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- One Hot Summer in Kyoto by John Haylock on page 340, and Back Matter
- The Bonsai Tree by Meira Chand on page 339
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac on page 242
- Uneasy Relations by John Haylock on page 340
- Confessions of Love by Phyllis Birnbaum on page 338
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- The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto by Kenji Nakagami in Back Matter
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- Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined by Andrea J. Buchanan in Back Matter
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