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The book itself is hefty 485 plus pages and laid out in dictionary form (though there is a well written introduction on the overall subject.) The illustrations are in black and white, but they are well-chosen, crisp, and plentiful.
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It's not just a collection of (translated) stories of myths and legends in Japan, the author also gives some background information and further explanations.
The range of topics covered is huge: from the Gods to heroes and warriors to foxes to legends in Japanese art to the sacred Mount Fuji to flowers and gardens, mirrors, insects, fans, thunder, superstitions, supernatural beings, Kintaro... to give you just a few examples!
I must admit that at first I found it difficult to get into this book, but after about 30 pages I was hooked and had a hard time putting it down. Some of the stories are very moving, some breath-taking, others just sweet...
Since common myths and legends of a people do say quite a bit about it, one can only be blown-away by just what a nation Japan must be!
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It contains a well defined outline as to what exactly the Hollow Earth is, and provides interesting proofs to support this theory.
Whether or not they are true is irrelevant. What is important is that there are scholars amongst us who are not satisfied by simply accepting current ideas about our natural environment but wish to challenge them, perhaps opening new platforms of understanding the world we live in. Mr. Bernard is one of these people. A refreshing read.
Kilroy Montgomery (University of New South Wales)
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I would normally hesitate to dismiss any person's life story as having NO merit, but "The Hole in the Sheet" is going to be the exception. This book confused and saddened me. The sections of memoir are painfully authentic, but the degree of vitriol in the rest of the book is frightening.
When I picked it up, I expected a scholarly work, with at least some reasoning and argumentation. Instead, Kaye rambles on hatefully, extrapolating a vast web of all-male conspiracy from just her own upbringing within one particular Jewish family. I mean, I'm sorry her experience was so awful -- but only the most twisted mind could really blame the world's oldest monotheism, the source of all our society's morality, for all the evils Kaye charges it with.
Don't forget, it is SHE, not the men of the Talmud or the Shulchan Aruch, who writes Jewish women out of the picture -- by making the assumption that our foremothers in Europe (and farther back) had no hand in forging the religion we have inherited from them. Judaism has always been in the forefront of women's rights, though it may prioritize those rights differently from Kaye. Women in Judaism are more than just careers; instead, Judaism honours foremost our role as bearers of life.
This book has become required reading for antisemites, a frightening reminder of how the eyes of the world are still on us, waiting for any sign of evil beneath the surface. One antisemitic website refers to "the Jewess Evelyn Kaye" and the conclusive "proof" she provides of Judaism's ultimate deception. While such lunacy may keep Kaye's book in print, I can only hope this isn't the audience she envisioned when writing her book.
I pray that Kaye has somehow been able to reconcile her troubled past with the genuine worth and wisdom that Judaism has been able to offer so many, and that she's found contentment in her own life. Even that, however, cannot undo the damage this book has done.
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They are written in a poetic language, but there are sometimes too many and overdone comparisons or metaphors.
Not a compelling read.
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If you like that sort of story, you'll enjoy this book -- the plot and setting *are* good. But be warned that this book contains unneeded subplots; plenty of distrust; a Big Secret; and an over-the-top villain.
I gave this book a D+ at All About Romance.
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Richardson's knowledge of French revolutionary history is good, but she really needed to brush up on her names and titles. Apart from spelling the Duc de Berry as the Duc de Berri throughout (definitely not a French spelling!), she seems to think that Comte is the highest French title - above that of Duc.
This book went straight to the recycle pile!
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