Talk:Fumiko Kometani

NYTimes doesn't call the book antisemitic
This article states that the New York Times described the book as anti-Semitic but there is no citation.

I have searched the NYtimes archives and find only letters to the editor calling the book anti-Semitic, not anything by Times writers. In the Times' review of the English language translation, the reviewer acknowledges that reading of the book and dismisses it.

Two letters to the Times calling the book anti-Semitic: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/25/opinion/l-reason-for-concern-in-japanese-anti-semitism-814787.html http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/04/opinion/l-a-painful-story-of-japanese-jewish-marriage-812087.html

Kometani's response to the letters: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/13/opinion/l-trials-of-a-japanese-ruth-amid-the-alien-corn-031987.html

The Times' review of the story, Passover: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/22/books/no-one-is-nice-here.html

Lastly, one of the letters references a Times article on "Japanese anti-Semitism." The article, below, does not mention Kometani. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/12/world/japanese-writers-critical-of-jews.html

Unless someone has a source showing that the Times in fact described the book as anti-Semitic I would request this article be corrected and will do so myself if no one responds with new information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.104.115.18 (talk) 19:33, 8 September 2014 (UTC)