Strange But True Stories from Japan

Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Humorous
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Author: Jack Seward ISBN: 9781462900305
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Publication: July 5, 2011
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing Language: English
Author: Jack Seward
ISBN: 9781462900305
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication: July 5, 2011
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing
Language: English

Strange but True Stories from Japan is a fascinating collection of vignettes, ranging from historical to the personal.

Here you will be exposed to the goings-on of Americans serving time in Japanese prisons and the many who claimed the identity of Tokyo Rose. And learn about the bizarre habits of the eels that roam the Chikugo River.

In this eclectic and, well, strange, book you'll relive-from a distance-Kamakura's hara-kiri bloodshed and discover the surprising fate of the armless geisha, Tsuma-kichi. Seward also weaves touching memoir pieces between chapters that recount hilarious instances of fractured English and shocking-to-the-average-American Japanese cuisine. Written with an eye and ear for the theatrical and for the rhythm of Japanese life, this delightful but serious romp through modern Japan brings Seward's wide and varied cultural and military background to center stage.

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Strange but True Stories from Japan is a fascinating collection of vignettes, ranging from historical to the personal.

Here you will be exposed to the goings-on of Americans serving time in Japanese prisons and the many who claimed the identity of Tokyo Rose. And learn about the bizarre habits of the eels that roam the Chikugo River.

In this eclectic and, well, strange, book you'll relive-from a distance-Kamakura's hara-kiri bloodshed and discover the surprising fate of the armless geisha, Tsuma-kichi. Seward also weaves touching memoir pieces between chapters that recount hilarious instances of fractured English and shocking-to-the-average-American Japanese cuisine. Written with an eye and ear for the theatrical and for the rhythm of Japanese life, this delightful but serious romp through modern Japan brings Seward's wide and varied cultural and military background to center stage.

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