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Sex is everywhere in Japan, but that doesn’t mean the average woman is getting any. This is the premise behind Sumie Kawakami’s absorbing and beautifully laid-out book of non-fiction stories, Goodbye Madame Butterfly. The title refers to Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 opera Madama Butterfly, in which the woman waits loyally for the return of her husband, unwilling to acknowledge, despite mounting evidence, that he has betrayed her.
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