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Lesley Downer

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No word for love ...

'The Last Concubine' is set in old Japan, in the mid nineteenth century, when there was no specific word for romantic love. One of the most fascinating things about Japan is the way in which it makes you question everything you’ve taken for granted and assumed was human nature. Is love, for example, ‘human nature’? Or is it a cultural concept?
The concept of romantic love was not dev... ...more

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avg rating: 3.70 | 329 ratings | 52 reviews | 13 distinct works | 3 fans

	Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.68 — 115 ratings — published 2000 9 editions	my rating:
	The Last Concubine by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.83 — 70 ratings — published 2008 10 editions	my rating:
	Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.63 — 51 ratings — published 2003 9 editions	my rating:
	At the Japanese Table: New & Traditional Recipes by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 1996 2 editions	my rating:
	On the Narrow Road: A Journey into Lost Japan by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.50 — 6 ratings — published 1989 3 editions	my rating:
	Brothers:, The: The Hidden World of Japan's Richest Family by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 1995	my rating:
	Madame Sadayakko by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	Japan by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1990 2 editions	my rating:
	Step by Step Japanese Cooking by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author), Minoru Yoneda avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1986 4 editions	my rating:
	A Taste of Japan by Lesley Downer (Goodreads author) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1991	my rating:

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	07/22 Lesley gave to: The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another (Paperback) by W. Travis Hanes bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	Lesley gave to: The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another (Paperback) by W. Travis Hanes	my rating:
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	Lesley gave to: The Crimson Petal and the White (Paperback) by Michel Faber	my rating:
	Lesley said: "Totally delightful, hilarious, gritty and grimy evocation of Victorian London with lots of sex and sad bits too! " add a comment
	Lesley gave to: Deciphering the Cosmic Number: The Strange Friendship of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung (Hardcover) by Arthur I. Miller	my rating:
	read in July, 2009 Lesley said: "I bought this book because I was intrigued by the title. As a non-scientist I love books which elucidate science for the ordinary reader - the lay person - and which inspire me to see the world in a different way and this is certainly one of those. ...more " add a comment
	Lesley gave to: The Rossetti Letter (Hardcover) by Christi Phillips	my rating:
	read in January, 2009 Lesley said: "The sections set in old Venice are beautifully created and incredibly atmospheric and the historical plot is great. The modern sections are a little disappointing. I would have enjoyed reading the historical story without the modern bits - but she ...more " add a comment
July 16
	Lesley gave to: Suite Française (Paperback) by Irène Némirovsky	my rating:
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	Lesley gave to: East of the Sun (Paperback) by Julia Gregson	my rating:
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