THE FIRST GREAT NOVEL OF THE NEW
MILLENNIUM
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- FIVE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
LIVING IN JAPAN BECOME INVOLVED IN AN INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURE AS AN ISLAND
SUDDENLY EMERGES IN THE PACIFIC
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FOUR FRIENDS FINISH SCHOOL AND BEGIN THEIR LIVES OF INDEPENDENCE, PASSING
THEIR TIME DISCUSSING PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS IN A SMALL ITALIAN DINER
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- THESE ARTISTIC SCENES ADDRESS
BOTH CURRENT AND TIMELESS ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION INCLUDING,
HIERARCHY, THE ENVIRONMENT, RACISM, FINANCIAL INEQUALITY, SEXUAL
RELATIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL MULTICULTURALISM
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- THE ROLE OF THINKER/WRITER IS
DISCUSSED IN A LEGAL SETTING AND SEVERAL TOPICS ARE COVERED INCLUDING,
RATIONALITY VS. IRRATIONALITY, THE RIGHT TO JUDGE, SOCIETAL LAW, AND
CONVENTIONAL THOUGHT
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