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A Tokyo Romance
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A Tokyo Romance
Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970s.
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When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained in fragments.
Through his adventures in the world of avant-garde theatre, his encounters with carnival acts, fashion photographers, and moments on-set with Akira Kurosawa, Buruma came of age. For an outsider, unattached to the cultural burdens placed on the Japanese, this was a place to be truly free.
A Tokyo Romance is a portrait of a young artist and the fantastical city that shaped him, and a timeless story about the desire to transgress boundaries: cultural, artistic, and sexual.
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A Tokyo Romance by Ian Buruma has been praised for its engaging and gracefully written narrative that blends nostalgic bravado with self-deprecation. Reviewers commend Buruma's keen observations and his ability to paint a vivid portrait of his experiences within the avant-garde culture of Japan. The prose is noted as consistently good, and the book offers smart insights into various aspects of Japanese culture, making it both a personal and illuminating account of self-discovery in a foreign land.
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ISBN: 9781782398028
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 March 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Edition: Main
Illustration: integrated b&w photographs
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 251g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
Ian Buruma was the editor of The New York Review of Books. His previous books include Their Promised Land, Year Zero, The China Lover, Murder in Amsterdam, Occidentalism, God's Dust, Behind the Mask, The Wages of Guilt, Bad Elements and Taming the Gods.
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