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A bank internship in Japan's booming 1981 economy is supposed to be twenty-three-year-old Dorothy Falwell's ticket into a prestigious international MBA program. But the internship is unpaid--so, to make ends meet, she accepts an evening job as a hostess in a rundown suburban bar, a far cry from the sensuous woodblock prints she's seen of old Tokyo's "floating world." Like her namesake, Dorothy hasn't planned on the detours she encounters in her own twisted version of Oz. Renamed Gina by her boss, she struggles with nightly indignities from customers and confusing advice from new friends. Then her internship crumbles and the suave but mysterious Mr. Tambuki offers help. How can she resist? With patience and the utmost respect for her opinions, Mr. Tambuki lures her into his exotic world of unorthodox Zen instruction, erotic art, and high-octane sex. Soon, bizarre sexual escapades with monks, salarymen, and gangsters begin to feel normal until one of her clients goes too far, and Dorothy realizes she's in over her head. But can she find her way back from this point of no return?… (más)
I was worried that given the premise, this book would be an Orientalist dumpster fire - thankfully, it managed to avoid that, though at times, just barely. Instead, I found a common thread through the book of rationalizing abusive and asshole behavior. There was one scene where attempted rape was waved off as cultural differences. The author tried to show female empowerment through sex, but the story came across as an apologist tale for misogyny and treating women like objects.
This quote was meant to be profound and an excuse for a male character's less-than-stellar behavior: "Love makes us so vulnerable to hurt, we can be afraid of it and behave in strange ways, to the point of acting the opposite of love."
The more I thought about it, the more sinister this quote was, as it was presented as an excuse for said character's behavior towards the protagonist.
Also, considering that others have classified this as erotica, I have to warn that this isn't it. The sex scenes were oddly clinical. ( )
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For my husband and life partner, John Louis Heymann, whose belief in me and whose love inspires me to reach for ever greater heights. and In memory of my sister, Beth Brett, whose creative spirit continues to hover over me and nourish me.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In 1981, the same year Dolly Parton's feminist hit "9 to 5" reached number one on the charts and Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court, I became a whore in Tokyo. At the time, it seemed like the natural thing to do.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
I could do whatever I wanted. And right now, I had other things on my mind.
A bank internship in Japan's booming 1981 economy is supposed to be twenty-three-year-old Dorothy Falwell's ticket into a prestigious international MBA program. But the internship is unpaid--so, to make ends meet, she accepts an evening job as a hostess in a rundown suburban bar, a far cry from the sensuous woodblock prints she's seen of old Tokyo's "floating world." Like her namesake, Dorothy hasn't planned on the detours she encounters in her own twisted version of Oz. Renamed Gina by her boss, she struggles with nightly indignities from customers and confusing advice from new friends. Then her internship crumbles and the suave but mysterious Mr. Tambuki offers help. How can she resist? With patience and the utmost respect for her opinions, Mr. Tambuki lures her into his exotic world of unorthodox Zen instruction, erotic art, and high-octane sex. Soon, bizarre sexual escapades with monks, salarymen, and gangsters begin to feel normal until one of her clients goes too far, and Dorothy realizes she's in over her head. But can she find her way back from this point of no return?
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This quote was meant to be profound and an excuse for a male character's less-than-stellar behavior:
"Love makes us so vulnerable to hurt, we can be afraid of it and behave in strange ways, to the point of acting the opposite of love."
The more I thought about it, the more sinister this quote was, as it was presented as an excuse for said character's behavior towards the protagonist.
Also, considering that others have classified this as erotica, I have to warn that this isn't it. The sex scenes were oddly clinical. (