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The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives
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A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020’Mightily impressive … a marvellous read’ Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. The vivid and entertaining portraits in Chris Harding’s enormously enjoyable new book take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life of the current empress, Masako. We encounter shamans and warlords, poets and revolutionaries, scientists, artists and adventurers – each offering insights of their own into this extraordinary place. For anyone new to Japan, this book is the ideal introduction. For anyone already deeply involved with it, this is a book filled with surprises and pleasures.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.383 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.8 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 528 |
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| Year Published | 2022-4-28 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 014199228X |
| About The Author | Christopher Harding is the author of the widely praised Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, described by Neil MacGregor as 'Masterly. How much I admired it, what a lot I learned from it and, above all, how very much I enjoyed it'. Harding teaches at the University of Edinburgh and frequently broadcasts on Radio 3 and Radio 4. |
Skilled, ambitious, mightily impressive … Harding turns out to be as adept at describing the country's artistic development as he is at unpicking its brutal politics. Another of his talents is a sharp eye for the telling quote that makes these distant presences tangible … a marvellous read, full of startling information. |
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| Other text | Splendid … It's an effective way of telling an unfamiliar story, leavening the course of social change with plenty of enjoyable individual details. |
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