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Title	:	An Exquisite Sense of What Is Beautiful
Author	:	J. David Simons
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 294 pages
Published	:	March 28th 2013 by Saraband
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Literary Fiction

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An eminent British writer returns to the resort hotel in the Japanese mountains where he once spent a beautiful, snowed-in winter. It was there he fell in love and wrote his best-selling novel, The Waterwheel, accusing America of being in denial about the horrific aftermath of the Tokyo firebombings and the nuclear destruction at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As we learn more about his earlier life, however - as a student in Bloomsbury, involved with a famous American painter - we realise that he too is in denial, trying to escape past events that are now rapidly catching up with him. A sweeping novel of East and West, love and war, truths and denials.

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Original Title:	An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful
ISBN:	1908643277 (ISBN13: 9781908643278)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.72 From 330 Users | 33 Reviews

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An Exquisite Sense of What Is Beautiful is J. David Simons third novel, a novel that I can only describe to be a graceful narrative of perspective. We follow eminent British author Edward Strathairn as he returns to Japan, to the very same hotel and room where he wrote his hugely successful debut The Waterwheel over forty years previously. Chapters alternate between Edwards current stay in Japan (in 2003) and his extensive past covering his self-discovery as a writer and his tumultuous

The descriptions of past and modern Japan were beautiful and I liked the way we were made aware of Edward's failing health and frustrations as an old man in a sensitive way. As the chapters moved cleverly between past and present we learned more of his story, little by little and with a few surprises along the way. I also liked the way the author dealt with both American and Japanese denial of the war alongside Edward's own story and denial. The sense of place and time and the characters were

Having just read and been disappointing by the Murakami trilogy I did wonder if I should leave off reading another novel with a Japan setting. I am glad I didn't. I loved An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful - from the title, the cover, the characters, the language and the plot.This delicate little beauty, told over two time periods (1950's and 2003), teases out the mystery of why eminent British writer Sir Edward Strathairn returns to a hotel in the Japanese mountains after almost fifty

This is a beautifully written story with highly engaging reflective style. I was really taken with the current and past narratives which were very expertly interwoven. Anyone who likes good writing should pick up a copy immediately and get on with it.

A really nice book. Nothing too incredible but just got into my 4-star category for being a really good examination of some quite intriguing characters.



This book checks all the right marks: well crafted prose, a main character with a mysterious past, and a cast you'll remember long after the last page, on a background of a world gone mad first with war and later with consumerism.On the down side, you'll want to get to know the secondary characters more than the protagonist, who is your typical writer-in-training literary character, and just not that interesting other than in his regrets.Forget the whining of an old man, however. This tale is