Lost Japan

Alex Kerr

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Penguin Books Ltd
21 October 2015

History; Travel writing

An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japan's landscape, culture, history and future

Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells the story of the hidden valley that became his home.

But the book is not just a love letter. Haunted throughout by nostalgia for the Japan of old, Kerr's book is part paean to that great country and culture, part epitaph in the face of contemporary Japan's environmental and cultural destruction.

Winner of Japan's 1994 Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize.

By: Alex Kerr
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9780141979748
ISBN 10: 0141979747
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 21 October 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alex Kerr is an American writer, antiques collector and Japanologist. Lost Japan is his most famous work. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan.