A Circle Around the Sun
A Circle Around the Sun
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Describes the life of an Englishman in Japan, a banker by day and a writer by night, and how it feels to be a chameleon in a pin-stripe suit. The book records the experience of an outsider in a country where the group is all-powerful, and of an individual in a society where conformity reigns.
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A Circle Around the Sun by Peregrine Hodson
Describes the life of an Englishman in Japan, a banker by day and a writer by night, and what it feels like to be a chameleon in a pin-stripe suit: the strange sensation of returning to Japan, as another persona comes back to life, part Japanese, part gaijin; the gradual internalization of an alien culture; and the bittersweet adventure of becoming someone other. The book records the experience of an outsider in a country where the group is all-powerful, and of an individual in a society where conformity is an almost religious duty. It describes a journey through the looking glass land of a foreigner in Tokyo and the invisible country which exists in the mind of the Japanese, into the interior - in search of the heart of Japan.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780434344024 |
| ISBN 10 | 0434344028 |
| Title | A Circle Around the Sun |
| Author | Peregrine Hodson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1992-06-29 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |