A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains of Japanese Culture by Ian Buruma

A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains of Japanese Culture

Ian Buruma

242 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative relaxing slow-paced
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The received myth is that the Japanese are a race so different from the rest of us that no outsider can understand them. Ian Buruma explodes that view with a studied analysis of the way the Japanese perceive and portray themselves in popular culture.

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