Leni Zumas's writing crackles. Her books are sharp, bleak, funny, and possibly dangerous. When her collection of short stories, Farewell Navigator,...
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I'm looking forward to reading from the book at Powell's on Tuesday. I'm also hoping to win some free books by being the first one to comment. This should tell you how broke I am as a writer. I'd give my book five stars but that would be, as the Japanese say, jigasan (praising your own picture).
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Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein
jakeadelstein, February 19, 2010
It should have been jigjisan--oops. 自画自賛 is the kanji version.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein
jakeadelstein, February 19, 2010
I'm looking forward to reading from the book at Powell's on Tuesday. I'm also hoping to win some free books by being the first one to comment. This should tell you how broke I am as a writer. I'd give my book five stars but that would be, as the Japanese say, jigasan (praising your own picture).(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)