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A beginner's guide to Japan : observations and provocations
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A beginner's guide to Japan : observations and provocations
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
ix, 223 pages ; 20 cm.
General Note:
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Summary:
After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted home is both hauntingly familiar and the strangest place on earth. "Arguably the world's greatest living travel writer" (Outside). He draws on readings, reflections, and conversations with Japanese friends to illuminate an unknown place for newcomers, and to give longtime residents a look at their home through fresh eyes. A Beginner's Guide to Japan is a playful and profound guidebook full of surprising, brief, incisive glimpses into Japanese culture. Iyer's adventures and observations as he travels from a meditation-hall to a love-hotel, from West Point to Kyoto Station, make for a constantly surprising series of provocations guaranteed to pique the interest and curiosity of those who don't know Japan, and to remind those who do of the wide range of fascinations the country and culture contain.
Contents:
Several grains of salt -- On the streets -- At the counter -- In the temple -- Behind closed doors -- Out the window -- On the horizon -- A letter from a friend.
Publication Info:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Subject:
Japan -- Description and travel
Travel writing.
Iyer, Pico -- Travel -- Japan.
Japan -- Description and travel -- To 1800
Japan -- Description and travel -- 1801-1900
Japan -- Description and travel -- 1901-1945
Japan -- Description and travel -- 1945-
SAILS ISBN:
9780451493958