{"id":8272,"date":"2009-08-25T07:40:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T11:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/25\/japan-times-review-of-chin-music-press-book-oh-by-jeff-kingston\/"},"modified":"2009-08-25T07:43:41","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T11:43:41","slug":"japan-times-review-of-chin-music-press-book-oh-by-jeff-kingston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/25\/japan-times-review-of-chin-music-press-book-oh-by-jeff-kingston\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Times review of Chin Music Press book &#8220;Oh!&#8221; by Jeff Kingston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chinmusicpress.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8274\" title=\"oh!_cover\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/oh_cover1.jpg\" alt=\"oh!_cover\" width=\"139\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/oh_cover1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/oh_cover1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/oh_cover1-686x1024.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>****************<\/p>\n<p>The <em><strong>Japan Times<\/strong><\/em> has a <a href=\"http:\/\/search.japantimes.co.jp\/cgi-bin\/fb20090823a1.html\" target=\"_blank\">nice review<\/a> of the novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohthenovel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Oh!\u00a0 A mystery of &#8216;mono no aware&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/ohthenovel.wordpress.com\/interview-todd-shimoda\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Todd Shimoda<\/strong><\/a>, and published by JET alum <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/25\/bruce-rutledge-mef-and-chin-music-press\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bruce Rutledge&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> Seattle-based publishing company <a href=\"http:\/\/chinmusicpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chin Music Press<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The review describes &#8220;an emotionally numb and alienated technical writer&#8221; who &#8220;suddenly decides to bolt Los Angeles and visit Japan, his ancestral home.&#8221;\u00a0 The main character subsequently stumbles into an exploration of teenage suicide clubs as well as &#8220;<em>mono no aware<\/em>&#8221; (the pathos of things), one of those Japanese emotional concepts that tend to baffle us gaijin.<\/p>\n<p>Go here for more information about <em>Oh!<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohthenovel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ohthenovel.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go here for more information about Bruce Rutledge and Chin Music Press:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/chinmusicpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/chinmusicpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=79f2f1e0-644c-806c-86d5-f8144a77f20d\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**************** The Japan Times has a nice review of the novel Oh!\u00a0 A mystery of &#8216;mono no aware&#8217; by Todd Shimoda, and published by JET alum Bruce Rutledge&#8217;s Seattle-based publishing company Chin Music Press. 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