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Title: A powerful story marred by a poor translator.
Review: I live in Kyoto, Japan and I speak a fair amount of Japanese and EVEN I am having trouble following this book.The original Japanese version assumed that the reader would be familiar with the geography, society and politics of Kyoto. The translator simply translated the sotry without filling the English-speaking reader in.Without a great deal of familiarity with Japanese history, names, language and politics a reader will not follow this book.
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