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| "...delivered with style and enlivened with sensitive
first person reporting..." -- Miami Herald -- 11/05/06 |
| "Is Zielenziger overstating the case here, or blowing
it wide open? Mainly the latter. " -- San Francisco Chronicle
-- 10/17/06 |
| "Consistently engaging and written with a good
reporter's eye for colorful detail, Shutting Out the Sun is both
fascinating and informative." -- The Wichita Eagle -- 10/01/06 |
| "Shutting Out the Sun offers a glimpse at an uneasy
nation suspended between two worlds..." -- Wall Street Journal
-- 0926/06 |
| "...engrossing, comprehensive work... A piercing,
astute look at how a society’s refusal to embrace change is
detrimental to its younger generation." -- Booklist --
09/15/06 |
| "With compassion and vigor, he presents close-up
portraits of the hikikomori, while grounding their stories in the
political, economic and historic realities facing Japan today....
His inclusion of both small details and the big picture makes the
book as intimate as it is revealing." -- Publishers Weekly --
07/17/06 |
| "An incisive, well-written account of Japan’s recent
social and economic malaise..." -- Kirkus Starred Review --
07/15/06 |
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