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Tokyo is host to an amorphous group of foreigners who have left their homes for the East hoping to find, in a modern empire that still seems exotic, something they want, something they need. They form a loose-knit community, a world parallel to but somewhat apart from that of their neighbors. Some depart quickly, others stay on, and then, there are those that remain. Elaine is American; she's been in Tokyo for years studying an aspect of Japanese Buddhism for her thesis while she ekes out a living teaching English. Cathy is Australian; she, too, teaches English while she pursues her love of Japanese crafts. Liz, has just arrived, escaping from an unhappy upbringing, wanting to find that she is a scholar, longing to become someone else. Their lives intertwine with those of other expatriates who have come for business reasons, or to study, or even for the pleasure of being outsiders, as well as with the Japanese amongst whom - and sometimes with whom - they live. - back cover
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Dedication: For M.T. : Ai o komete
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Epigraph: Yet at home in my random corner on truth, with no choice but to play the world sung in a transposed key, mine was another mourner's voice: And again I say rejoice (Mary Jo Salter, Henry Purcell in Japan).
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Tokyo Dreaming
1999
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— Appears in: Elle Magazine , April 1999; (p. 128)
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In the Empire of Dreams
1999
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— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 25 February 1999; (p. 63)
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Editor's Choice
1999
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— Appears in: The Chicago Tribune , 28 March 1999;
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Out of Country
1999
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— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 11 April 1999; (p. 21)
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In the Empire of Dreams
1999
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— Appears in: Library Journal , 1 May 1999; (p. 110)
— Review of In the Empire of Dreams 1999 single work novel
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Outsiders
1999
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— Appears in: Kyoto Journal , December no. 42 1999; (p. 96-97)
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Insights into Japanese Life
1999
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— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury Weekender , 16 October 1999;
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In the Empire of Dreams
1999
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— Appears in: Pacific Friend , August 1999; (p. 16)
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Pick of the Week
1999
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 22 August 1999; (p. 19)
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Like It Is
1999
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— Appears in: Japan Times , 11 August 1999;
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'Gaijin' Putting Down Roots in Japan
1999
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— Appears in: Japan Times , 25 May 1999;
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