Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Two Volumes in One - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lafcadio Hearn, Donald Richie (Foreword by)Series:Tuttle ClassicsPublish date:2016-10-18Pages:608
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9780804847551ISBN-10:080484755XUPC:9780804847551Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Customs & Traditions, AnthropologyBook Topic:Japan, Cultural & SocialSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCAY4SVYEN
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Two Volumes in One
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a complete, two-volume set of one of the most outstanding books on 19th century Japanese history and culture. Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write a dozen more books on Japan, this collection of first impressions remains his most popular. Among the reasons is that here, more than anywhere else, the author most vividly captured a place that so affected him that he...
Series: Tuttle Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9780804847551ISBN-10:080484755XUPC:9780804847551Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Customs & Traditions, AnthropologyBook Topic:Japan, Cultural & SocialSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCAY4SVYEN
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was born on the Greek island of Lefkas, the son of an Anglo-Irish surgeon in the British army and a Greek mother. After his parent's divorce when he was six, he was brought up in Dublin by a great aunt. At the age of nineteen, he went to America, eventually ending up in New Orleans as a newspaper reporter. His flight from Western materialism brought him to Japan in...
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