Title: Review of _Fear and Trembling_
Review: This is a first-person narrative about a young Belgian woman, raised in Japan and fluent in Japanese, who returns to Japan to work for a large Japanese company. The absurdities and petty tyrannies of Japanese corporate life, and the toll it takes on men but especially on the few women who make it up the corporate ladder, are eloquently recounted. Especially striking is a long riff on why the author is amazed that ALL Japanese women don't commit suicide, so awful is their lot.Not a great book, but well worth reading, especially for its exploration of the impact of cultural differences.
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