Michael Shapiro
Description
The stories of six foreigners--one of them, the 19th century writer, Lafcadio Hearn--who fall in and out of love with Japan. The book uses their stori
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es to examine the struggle between Japan adn those who sould hope not only to understand her, but to be accepted.
"A graceful, honest, useful book about Japan," —Martin Weinstein, Newsday
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