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Title: Unintended humour?
Review: Too bad we do not have novels written by geishas or meikosan about the life of an American male writer at the turn of the century. They would be almost as good fun as Memoirs of a geisha.It deserves however two stars because the author made his homework, and the book is indeniably well-researched - even though as many native English speakers he probably never even bothered to learn the language. Only, as far as I can tell, most geishas, including contemporary ones, and their male friends, including European ones, would think that he has understood little of his findings and of Japanese culture in general.
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