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5.0 out of 5 stars
Real Insight of the Japanese,
By Jason T. Fetters "Horror Fanboy & Japanologist" (Tampa, FL The Sunshine State) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: Companions of the Holiday (Paperback)
Great novel from long time Tokyo Resident, Donald Richie, that has a definite Ozu flavor to the novel's structure and ending. The novel is told from the perspective of Japanese servants working for an American homeowner in the Roppongi Hills area of Tokyo. If you ever wondered what the Japanese really think of Americans in Japan, this carefully crafted story shows the reader the true Japanese inner psyche. The Japanese are drawn up as real people with common good traits and faults alike and are not reduced to prejudiced stereotypes. Americans are also shown as real people and that's what makes the novel work. A very mature view of both cultures that is very rare to find with so much Orientalism in past literature. Richie never disappoints and you may want to read Tokyo Nights, Memoirs of the Warrior Kumagai, and A View from the Chuo Line and Other Stories for more examples of Richie's fiction.
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Companions of the Holiday by Donald Richie (Paperback - October 31, 2006)
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