A Tokyo romance : a memoir
Buruma, Ian2018
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When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo 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 underwent a radical transformation. 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.
Main title:
A Tokyo romance : a memoir / Ian Buruma.
Author:
Buruma, Ian, author
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2018.
Collation:
243 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781782397991 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
952.135B BUR BURB
Language:
English
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BRN:
2206544