We don't appreciate that neither should you. Smells like some nasty editing has been going on in the translation - though there is no indication or mention of this fact anywhere in the English edition.
The first part of the English volume (corresponding to the book under review in Time) covers only 209 pages and 35 interviews (of which not all are commuters - they include two treating doctors, as well as an interview with the parents and the widow of a victim who themselves were not on the subways). Note that a 1997 Time article, a review of the original Japanese edition of Underground, describes a book that is 727 pages long and features pieces on "62 commuters".Part Two focusses on the Aum Shinrikyo cult itself.Part One consists of descriptions of the sarin gas attacks of Monday, March 20, 1995, by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in various Tokyo subways, foucssing on the victims.Part Two: The Place that was Promised translated by Philip Gabriel.Part One: Underground translated by Alfred Birnbaum.Originally published in Japanese as two separate volumes: Underground (アンダーグラウンド, 1997) and The Place that was Promised (約束された場所で, 1998).The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche.
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