Atomic Sushi by Simon May
As the first British Professor of Philosophy since 1882 to be invited to teach at the prestigious and enigmatic University of Tokyo - the Oxbridge of Japan - Simon May enjoyed a degree of access denied to other commentators. Each chapter of the book focuses on some everyday human matter, such as love, death, bureaucracy, hygiene, food, toilets, commuting, education, marriage and memory. Japanese attitudes to such issues are explored through a mixture of lighthearted anecdote and trenchant analysis, and through his vivid accounts of Kafkaesque bureaucracy, flying goldfish, gangsters at funerals, businessmen paying good money to be whipped, doctors faking death certificates and cover-ups at all levels of society. "Atomic Sushi" is the first book to provide so much anecdotal material and the first book to herald Japan's resurgence after over a decade of recession.
"'It is a sympathetic portrait, prescient about Japan's recovery as a major economic power, and affectionately witty as a study of a sometimes eccentric and often unusual people' A.C. Grayling In Atomic Sushi, the anecdotes are often hilarious, sharply drawn and told in a droll tone that contrasts with the eccentricities being conjured up. The interpretations are sometimes amusing and sometimes astute... May has a delicious, if sometimes cruel, take on things' The Financial Times 'An intelligent and personable author who writes beautifully and tells good jokes... As well as cataloguing the bizarre and the comic, May subtly expresses his mixed feelings about Japan' The Literary Review"
Dr Simon May is Fellow in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. His writing draws not only on his wide philosophical learning, but also on his experience outside academia, in international politics and business. Dr May has been a close adviser to various world statesmen, held senior positions in the European Union, and served on the Board of Directors of both public and private companies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846880223 |
| ISBN 10 | 184688022X |
| Title | Atomic Sushi |
| Author | Simon May |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Alma Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
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