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Sazzae
Discover Tokyo through the machinations of a lovers' triangle, a painter's inspiration, and a teen idol's secret.
Sazzae opens the door to a wondrous new world as a Japanese and two American youths find each other amidst the spectacular Tokyo cityscape. Through sensuous and evocative language, you will discover the machinations of a lovers' triangle, a painter's inspiration, and a teen idol's secret. The pleasures of Japan are remembered with lyric passion.
Sazzae opens the door to a wondrous new world as a Japanese and two American youths find each other amidst the spectacular Tokyo cityscape. Through sensuous and evocative language, you will discover the machinations of a lovers' triangle, a painter's inspiration, and a teen idol's secret. The pleasures of Japan are remembered with lyric passion.
244 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2001
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About the author
J.L. Morin
9 books58 followersJL Morin grew up in inner-city Detroit. She proffered moral support while her parents sacrificed all to a failed system. Wondering what the Japanese were doing right, she decamped to Tokyo. Her debut Japan novel, Sazzae, won an eLit Gold Medal, and a Living Now Book Award. Her second novel, Travelling Light, was a USA Best Book Awards finalist, and her third, Trading Dreams, became ‘Occupy’s first bestselling novel’. Her climate fiction novel, Nature’s Confession, won first place in the Dante Rossetti Book Awards; a Readers’ Favorite Book Award; a LitPick 5-Star Review Award; and an excerpt received an Honorable Mention in the Eco-Fiction Story Contest, published in the Winds of Change anthology of eco-fiction. Her second cli-fi novel, Loveoid, is a Cygnus Sci-fi 1st place winner, among others.
Her cli-fi novels are on course syllabi at many universities. Ivy League professors have facilitated discussions with JL Morin’s writing, and it is discussed in textbooks, such as Science Fiction and Climate Change: A Sociological Approach, by Andrew Milner, and J. R. Burgmann, 2020, published by Oxford University Press.
Her most recent work, Tuck-a-tuck Dragon, is a diverse rhyming children’s book illustrated by children throughout their childhood from the ages of 2–21.
JL Morin’s writing draws on a breadth of experience. She traded derivatives in New York while studying nights for her MBA at New York University’s Stern School of Business; worked for the Federal Reserve Bank posted to the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center; presented the news as a TV broadcaster; and she is adjunct faculty at Boston University. Morin’s fiction has appeared in The Harvard Advocate and Harvard Yisei, and her articles and translations in The Huffington Post, Library Journal, The Detroit News, European Daily, Livonia Observer Eccentric Newspapers, The Harvard Crimson, and Agence France Presse while she worked in their Middle East Headquarters.
Her cli-fi novels are on course syllabi at many universities. Ivy League professors have facilitated discussions with JL Morin’s writing, and it is discussed in textbooks, such as Science Fiction and Climate Change: A Sociological Approach, by Andrew Milner, and J. R. Burgmann, 2020, published by Oxford University Press.
Her most recent work, Tuck-a-tuck Dragon, is a diverse rhyming children’s book illustrated by children throughout their childhood from the ages of 2–21.
JL Morin’s writing draws on a breadth of experience. She traded derivatives in New York while studying nights for her MBA at New York University’s Stern School of Business; worked for the Federal Reserve Bank posted to the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center; presented the news as a TV broadcaster; and she is adjunct faculty at Boston University. Morin’s fiction has appeared in The Harvard Advocate and Harvard Yisei, and her articles and translations in The Huffington Post, Library Journal, The Detroit News, European Daily, Livonia Observer Eccentric Newspapers, The Harvard Crimson, and Agence France Presse while she worked in their Middle East Headquarters.
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January 27, 2013
wow, this book was bad. like, really bad. no wonder it has no comments at all and no one's ever heard of it.
It was just a confusing story that made no sense, and it was badly written to boot. I mean, dialogues would slip into a character's memories without warning, then switch to fantasy, then back to reality, then woops it's 3 months later within the same paragraph... i mean, what the heck?! plus Lois' imaginary trips that take 4-5 pages?! i mean... no one cares!! and dear author, learn to write dialogues, please? when you switch lines, it means that a new person is talking. If not, then it's just confusing.
this is a 200-ish pages book. it took me a month to finish it. a month. it shoulda taken me 2 days. it's because i could never swallow more than just a few pages at a time.
save yourself some trouble and don't buy this book. i'm telling you. It was a huge disappointment.
It was just a confusing story that made no sense, and it was badly written to boot. I mean, dialogues would slip into a character's memories without warning, then switch to fantasy, then back to reality, then woops it's 3 months later within the same paragraph... i mean, what the heck?! plus Lois' imaginary trips that take 4-5 pages?! i mean... no one cares!! and dear author, learn to write dialogues, please? when you switch lines, it means that a new person is talking. If not, then it's just confusing.
this is a 200-ish pages book. it took me a month to finish it. a month. it shoulda taken me 2 days. it's because i could never swallow more than just a few pages at a time.
save yourself some trouble and don't buy this book. i'm telling you. It was a huge disappointment.
December 9, 2009
Sazzae opens the door to a wondrous cityscape where Japanese and American youth find each other in Tokyo. Discover the machinations of a lovers' triangle, a painter's inspiration, and a teen idol's dark secret through sensuous and evocative language. The pain and pleasures of Japan are remembered with lyric passion.
Newspaper reviews:
Review
Her most delightful descriptions are of the intrigues in the personal lives of the protagonists. -- The Harvard Crimson, by Alexandra B. Moss, May 03, 2002
Japanese myth beautifully percolate(s) into the lives of the three young people. -- The Harvard Independent, by Tiffany Hsieh, April 18, 2002
Morin's wit can be delicious. Her Tokyo actuality puts Morin several cuts above contemporary American novelists who bash Japan. -- Canberra Times, by Dr. Alison Broinowski, November 10, 2001
Newspaper reviews:
Review
Her most delightful descriptions are of the intrigues in the personal lives of the protagonists. -- The Harvard Crimson, by Alexandra B. Moss, May 03, 2002
Japanese myth beautifully percolate(s) into the lives of the three young people. -- The Harvard Independent, by Tiffany Hsieh, April 18, 2002
Morin's wit can be delicious. Her Tokyo actuality puts Morin several cuts above contemporary American novelists who bash Japan. -- Canberra Times, by Dr. Alison Broinowski, November 10, 2001
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