false 552957 1 <I>The Broken Bridge</I> 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. <I>Gaijin</I> (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. 540191 1 6 1997 The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan total:5|5:2|4:2|3:1| 5 21 14 0 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 16:29:02 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 16:29:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 14 18:04:59 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 18:04:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 04 13:51:06 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 13:51:26 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 27 17:04:28 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:04:28 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 15 17:53:08 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 17:53:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 03 21:38:14 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 21:38:36 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 22 02:16:50 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 02:17:09 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 20 06:22:33 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 06:22:33 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jun 11 20:55:39 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 20:55:39 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Apr 13 17:39:14 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 17:39:27 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Feb 24 18:00:52 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 18:00:55 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Oct 12 15:33:39 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 15:33:39 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Aug 26 17:09:49 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 17:09:49 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed May 23 01:08:48 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 01:08:58 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=552957