Book Quote: “Over the balcony of the Room of Last Chrysanthemum, where a puddle from last night’s rain is evaporating; a puddle in which Magistrate Shiroyama observes the blurred reflections of gulls wheeling through spokes of sunlight. This world, he thinks, contains just one masterpiece, and that is itself.” Book Review: Review by Betsey Van Horn (JUN 30, 2010) This is a modern, woolly mastodon of a book, a book with tusks and chewing...