Soaked in sake and maples, Muriel Barbery’s One Hour of Fervour offers a cliched view of Japan
French bestselling author Muriel Barbery’s sixth opus, One Hour of Fervour, is a contemplative novel, a poetic travelogue and a homage to Japan. We follow Haru Ueno, a successful Japanese art dealer, whose life is turned upside down the day his French …