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...into harsh limits;I, of course, had been there beforeher. But she was the first to innocentlybelieve—and who could blame her, havingreceived my solemn promise—thatshe might somehow be protected fromthe implacable forces set against her.”The whole novel suffers fromSchwartz??s lack of engagement with thecentral character. He doesn’t feel theneed to empathize with her. He playsaround with the facts of her life withoutever assembling them into a character.His attitude can be embarrassingly reductive,as when Haruko describes theEmperor’s reaction to her breakdown...
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