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Amorous Woman (Neon)

by Donna George Storey

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ISBN13: 9781905619177
ISBN10: 1905619170
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The day I left Japan, I stared at my reflection in the mirror in the airport ladies' room and made the following vows: I would never tell another lie, especially to myself. I would never let desire overwhelm common sense. I would never sleep with a man who was married to someone else, mime fellatio with a complete stranger on a stage, or take money for sex again. In fact, to cover all bases, I would never have sex again with anyone, man or woman, for the rest of my life.
 
For a sum much smaller than a plane ticket an American woman can travel to a rustic hot-spring inn where anything goes after midnight, don the gorgeous kimono of a Japanese bride, romp in the dungeon rooms of tacky love hotels, act out an orgy straight from manga porn, and slip inside Kyoto’s most exclusive restaurants for exquisite dinners of seduction. The Amorous Woman experiences almost every flavor of erotic pleasure Japan has to offer—and she’s happy to take you along for the ride. Inspired by Ihara Saikaku’s 17th-century satiric novel of the pleasure quarters, this story of an American woman’s love affair with Japan—and many sexy men and women along the way—gives readers a chance to journey to a Japan few tourists ever see.
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About the Author

Donna George Storey's erotic fiction has appeared in anthologies including Best American Erotica, Best Women's Erotica, and The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica. She is also the translator of Child of Darkness: Yoko and Other Stories. She lives in California.
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readerWPK, July 2, 2008 (view all comments by readerWPK)
Excellent, Enticing, Enlightening,

This is the compelling, beautifully written story of Lydia, a modern day Alice who travels to Japan, believing herself well prepared, even eager, for her trip down a cultural and sexual rabbit hole --- and who nonetheless comes home altered, reversed. Compulsively readable, from the foreplay and foreshadowing of the first paragraph, through every increasingly complex and compromised twist of the story.

And there are so many clever writerly details to enjoy as well, if you can ever tear your attention from the story proper. I admire the author's masterful use of contrasts to help place us in Lydia's shoes, to inhabit her disorientation and exhilaration at the constant shattering and reforming of her expectations. I love the offhand, culturally enlightening details; corn flakes on ice cream sundaes, and "love suicide puppet plays". And I particularly appreciate the play of "story" in this story; the stories the characters tell each other, the fictions they create and overlay over their own lives, the fantasies that sustain Lydia at crucial moments, and the way the whole novel is itself wrapped in its own frame story. Not, I suspect, a coincidence, given the author's name.

In all, a strong, rewarding, and arousing first novel. Not surprising, as it springs from an author who has already established herself as the writer of similarly strong, rewarding, and arousing short fiction.
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judy.maritato, May 22, 2008 (view all comments by judy.maritato)
Amorous Woman is a marvelous debut novel from the noted short story author Donna George Storey that appeals on many levels. Spicy scenes pepper the compelling storyline, drawing the reader in to share all types of exotic adventures – some as fantasy and some as real as everywoman’s life story. Providing a distinctive view of Japanese cultural quirks, a young woman’s hopes and heartaches, and the search for true love and romance, Amorous Woman leaves you rooting for the smart, passionate Lydia, knowing that she will never let you down.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781905619177
Author:
Storey, Donna George
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Group,
Subject:
Erotica
Subject:
Erotica - General
Series:
Neon
Publication Date:
May 2008
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
349
Dimensions:
6.95x4.48x.90 in. .41 lbs.
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