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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 In the Empire of Dreams
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Tokyo is host to an amorphous group of foreigners who have left their homes for the East hoping to find, in a modern empire that still seems exotic, something they want, something they need. They form a loose-knit community, a world parallel to but somewhat apart from that of their neighbors. Some depart quickly, others stay on, and then, there are those that remain. Elaine is American; she's been in Tokyo for years studying an aspect of Japanese Buddhism for her thesis while she ekes out a living teaching English. Cathy is Australian; she, too, teaches English while she pursues her love of Japanese crafts. Liz, has just arrived, escaping from an unhappy upbringing, wanting to find that she is a scholar, longing to become someone else. Their lives intertwine with those of other expatriates who have come for business reasons, or to study, or even for the pleasure of being outsiders, as well as with the Japanese amongst whom - and sometimes with whom - they live. - back cover

Notes

  • Dedication: For M.T. : Ai o komete
  • Epigraph: Yet at home in my random corner on truth, with no choice but to play the world sung in a transposed key, mine was another mourner's voice: And again I say rejoice (Mary Jo Salter, Henry Purcell in Japan).

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Tokyo Dreaming Wendy Smith , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Elle Magazine , April 1999; (p. 128)

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
In the Empire of Dreams 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 25 February 1999; (p. 63)

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
Editor's Choice Carolyn Alessio , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Chicago Tribune , 28 March 1999;

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
Out of Country Janice P. Nimura , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 11 April 1999; (p. 21)

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
In the Empire of Dreams Rebecca A. Stuhr , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Library Journal , 1 May 1999; (p. 110)

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
Outsiders Erin Torneo , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Kyoto Journal , December no. 42 1999; (p. 96-97)

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
Insights into Japanese Life Jean Ferguson , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury Weekender , 16 October 1999;

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
In the Empire of Dreams Douglas Braat , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Pacific Friend , August 1999; (p. 16)

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
Pick of the Week Michelle Griffin , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 22 August 1999; (p. 19)

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
Like It Is Jean Pearce , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Japan Times , 11 August 1999;

— Review of In the Empire of Dreams Dianne Highbridge , 1999 single work novel
'Gaijin' Putting Down Roots in Japan Hiroaki Sato , 1999 single work essay
— Appears in: Japan Times , 25 May 1999;
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