Sazzae

This double award-winning novel is an eLit Gold Medalist and a Living Now Book Award winner. J.L. Morin was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2011. 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.

"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