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Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan

Alex Kerr

Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over 30 years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells the story of the hidden valley that became his home. But the book is not just a love letter. Haunted throughout by nostalgia for the Japan of old, Kerr's book is part paean to that great country and culture, part epitaph in the face of contemporary Japan's environmental and cultural destruction.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin Group
  • Publish Date: Jun 1st, 2016
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.00in - 0.80in - 0.40lb
  • EAN: 9780141979748
  • Categories: • Essays & Travelogues• Asia - East - Japan• Asia - Japan

About the Author

Alex Kerr is an American writer, antiques collector and Japanologist. His other works include Dogs and Demons and Living in Japan. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan.

Praise for this book

One of the finest books about Japan written in decades - - Insight Japan