![]() ![]() There is an almost sepia quality to the world he describes, his prose tinged with nostalgia." "Alpert brings new life to the "foreigner in Japan" genre that is under constant threat of being milked dry by repetition. will appeal to fans of Pico Iyer's classic The Lady and the Monk and Donald Richie's bawdy yet insightful "novel" The Inland Sea.teachers, housewives, geisha, cynical expatriates, struggling language learners, blundering tourists, all among the backdrop of temples and contemplative gardens: a classic Kyoto landscape with a touch of acerbic wit.as an outsider, the hero is privy to shared details of what really goes on behind the Japanese façade of politeness and restraint. ![]() before he wrote his successful memoir about working at Studio Ghibli, the author of Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man had a very different experience of Japan the many readers who enjoyed his behind the scenes adventures in business will surely come along for this very different but equally engaging ride.a sardonic look at being a young and single American in Kyoto in the 1970s it didn't happen just like this, but it could have.An American student in 1970s Kyoto rambles among the city's beauties and traditions, learning as he goes. ![]()
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