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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: ?Japan itself is the comic hero of American Fuji?sweet and funny, sad and inspiring.? Gaby Stanton, an American professor living in Japan, has lost her job teaching English at Shizuyama University. (No one will tell her exactly why.) Alex Thorn, an American psychologist, is mourning his son, a Shizuyama exchange student who was killed in an accident. (No one will tell him exactly how.) Alex has come to this utterly foreign place to find the truth, and now Gaby is serving as his translator and guide. The key to mastering Japanese, she keeps telling him, is understanding what's not being said. And in this "deft and delightful" (Karen Joy Fowler) novel, the unsaid truths about everything from work and love to illness and death cast a deafening silence-and tower in the background like Mount Fuji itself. Synopsis:Mount Fuji is the backdrop for this story of Gaby Stanton, an American professor living in Japan, who helps Alex Thorn investigate the death of his son at Shizuyama University. About the AuthorSara Backer was the first American and first woman to serve as a Visiting Professor at Japan's national Shizuoka University from 1990 to 1993. She was awarded a Djerassi Resident Artist fellowship in 1999. American Fuji is her first novel. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she currently teaches English at the University of Massachusetts. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 2 comments: 
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