|
|
| Plot Summary of Distant Thunder |
|---|
"Somewhere in Japan's back country, Mitsuo Wada, a young farmer, is suffering. His father has separated from his mother and left the house to be with a barmaid. Greedy land developers want to buy out his remaining land, a hothouse where he grows tomatoes for sale. A housewife from a nearby new apartment complex seduces him, only to be revealed that she was married...
One fine day, he does an arranged marriage meeting and meets Ayako, who becomes his life's love. With her help, he will enjoy the fruits of his work more and stand tall against the city-minded townspeople who want him to abandon farming and become a "regular guy."
Wahei Tatematsu, the author, is known in Japan for his social activism and defense of the environment, and this book is a very good way of explaining how modern ways can have harmful consequences not only on the natural, but also on the human, environment. Objective (Mitsuo's determination and grit) and very sexy (in the Mitsuo-Ayako scenes). I recommend it."
Sergio Mendoza, Resident Scholar
|
|
|
| Review Analysis of Distant Thunder |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Life of a profession:
- farmer
Inside culture (main char)
- Japanese
Poverty, surviving
Yes
Kind of living:
- farm poverty
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- Japanese
If story of urban/rural...
- Small town life
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Age:
- 40's-50's
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 (an average amount)
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- lot of descript of crop raising
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
Amount of dialog
- little dialog
|
|
|
Click here for more information about this book
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
Use our site!
Feedback
About us
Most recent discussions:
General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
.
Dennis L. McKiernan
4:47:04 PM
Mary Downing Hahn
4:04:51 PM
Margaret Peterson Haddix
3:40:45 PM
Natasha Friend
3:14:44 PM
Deric Longden
3:02:09 PM
Robert Segarra
3:00:46 PM
Lori Wick
2:04:58 PM
George W. Bush
1:36:15 PM
Suzanne Collins
12:53:56 PM
Lilian Jackson Braun
12:53:34 PM
James H. Cobb
10:05:36 AM
Sallie Bissell
11:40:33 PM
Jean M. Auel
4:37:23 PM
Eva Augustin Rumpf
4:36:38 PM
Ruth Minsky Sender
4:15:14 PM
Alice Blanchard
3:46:47 PM
Suzanne Weyn
12:05:19 PM
Sarah Dessen
6:36:17 AM
Do you agree with Heinlein's advocacy of Incest and Polygasms?
3:45:26 AM
Christopher Paolini
11:48:39 PM
More message boards
|
