Confucius Lives Next Door by Tr Reid

Confucius Lives Next Door by Tr Reid

"Fascinating...clearly stated, interesting and provoking.... A plainspoken account of living in Asia."  --San Francisco Chronicle

Anyone who has heard his weekly commentary on NPR knows that T. R. Reid is trenchant, funny, and deeply knowledgeable reporter and now he brings this erudition and humor to the five years he spent in Japan--where he served as The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau chief.  He provides unique insights into the country and its 2,500-year-old Confucian tradition, a powerful ethical system that has played an integral role in the continent's "postwar miracle."

Whether describing his neighbor calmly asserting that his son's loud bass playing brings disrepute on the neighborhood, or the Japanese custom of having students clean the schools, Reid inspires us to consider the many benefits of the Asian Way--as well as its drawbacks--and to use this to come to a greater understanding of both Japanese culture and America.

Reid is a former head of the Washington Post's Tokyo and London bureaus and a longstanding correspondent for the publication. He is a National Public Radio analyst and has contributed to several PBS projects as a journalist. A Fine Mess, The Healing of America, The United States of Europe, The Chip, and Confucius Lives Next Door are among his best-selling novels.

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ISBN 13	9780679777601
ISBN 10	0679777601
Title	Confucius Lives Next Door
Author	Tr Reid
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2000-03-28
Number of pages	288
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