An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape,
culture, history and future. Originally written in Japanese, this
passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences
in Japan over thirty 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. Winner of Japan's Shincho Gakugei Literature
Prize, and now with a new preface. Alex Kerr is an American writer,
antiques collector and Japanologist. Lost Japan is his most famous
work. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei
Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in
Japan.
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