introduction by David Cozy,
illustration by Isaac Diggs
layout
& design by studio z
published
by Printed Matter Press, Tokyo
copyright
2005 by Donald Richie
paperback, 223 pages, 128x190mm;
(in Japan), Yen 1,500 (+tax)
isbn 1-933606-00-2
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This book is a
fast and enjoyable read. Take three men and three women. Mix them well
in the summer heat and cool autumn of Ginza. This book was first
published in London in 1988, revised edition published in 1994. This
second revised edition contains a new introduction by David Cozy. See
what reviewers have said of previous editions:
"A Bizarre manga, a
post-modern comedy of manners full of withering insights into
contemporary Japan."
--
Joseph Lapenta in The Japan Times
"A satire on Tokyo
night life ... like a fugue in that the characters are interwoven by
their constant changing of partners."
--
John Haylock in London Magazine
"A witty short novel
about nightlife in Tokyo ... perhaps no other author could have written
about it in quite this way."
--
David Burleigh in The Mainichi Daily
News
"The tension between
the neutral style and the maddening characters creates the real drama
of the novel ... repetetion and humor make of a programmed text a
dizzying experience."
--
Arturo Silva in Tokyo Journal
"It is Richie's
unswerving commitment to make it only too plain what these sorts of
people do say (and don't say) to each other that makes the novel so
suffocatingly authentic."
-- William March in Intersect
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