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I'm unclear on the author's background with Japan, how she did her research, and what her qualifications are to write such a book? It feels as if this could be a story set anywhere.... and I'm curious why the author chose to set this book in Japan. Anyone?
Lola I'm going to set aside the idea of "qualifications" and respond to the question of "why the author chose to set this book in Japan." I think the autho…moreI'm going to set aside the idea of "qualifications" and respond to the question of "why the author chose to set this book in Japan." I think the author simply grew up fascinated by Japan like so many people her age, swept up in Japan's surge in popularity in the past 20 or so years. She set the story in Japan because she likes Japan.

Does the author like Japan as a setting because it's very different from where she grew up-- because it's "exotic"? I wondered about this because she described such an outlandish, over-the-top setting, alien to most people anywhere. Yet what she described was definitely not Japan. Did the author just want an otherworldly location for a human story?

I say that her description was not Japan because I've lived in Japan for almost 20 years. I've lived less than an hour outside Kyoto for over 15 years, and been to Kyoto scores of times, including inside old houses. (less)
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Fifty Words for Rain
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