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Kyoto Stories
Kyoto Stories
Kyoto Stories
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  • 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


  • 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


  • as an outsider, the hero is privy to shared details of what really goes on behind the Japanese façade of politeness and restraint


  • 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


  • 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


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Release dateJul 5, 2022
ISBN9781611729559
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