Title: A Scathing Portrait of Modern Japan; A Love Letter to Fubuki
Review: This little book, a portrait of a foreigner (named Amelie) working in a Japanese corporation, has some extremely powerful writing. The book's main focus is on Amelie's boss, Fubuki Mori, a brilliant, ambitious, beautiful woman who is perfectly drawn. Nothomb is obviously in love with her, and her passion is contagious. Though I give the book only 4 stars, I give Fubuki Mori 5 (make that 10). She is a wonderful character and I only wish Nothomb gave us more of her. By showing the humiliations and sufferings Fubuki has to endure as a single Japanese woman, Nothomb makes a (for me) unforgettable indictment of Japanese culture.
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