Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index. "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Nan A. Talese ... New York, 2006"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Introduction: An adjustment disorder. -- "An arrow pointed deep inside me" -- Broken apart from others. -- A long tunnel. -- Personalities "front" and "back" -- Three Japanese "lunatics" -- Careening off course. -- The iron triangle of the psyche. -- The cult of the brand. -- Womb strike. -- Marriage in a homosexual society. -- Falling off the tightrope. -- Rising sun and hermit kingdom. -- A completely new value system. -- Hikikomori nation and sheltering uncle. -- "A single ray of light". -- Dictionary of Japanese terms.
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