A beginner's guide to Japan : observations and provocations
Iyer, Pico2020
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This is a playful and profound guide to the enigma of contemporary Japan, from one of the most engaging and discerning travel writers of his generation. 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.
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Author:
Iyer, Pico, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
Collation:
ix, 223 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Awards:
Edward Stanford, APA Publications Travel Memoir of the Year 2020
ISBN:
9781526611512 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
952.05
Language:
English
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BRN:
1909772