Buy this book on-line Hodson, Peregrine : Circle Round the Sun, A : A Foreigner in Japan, IncAlfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993 ISBN 0679421025
FIRST PRINTING of the First American Edition (stated). An English businessman discusses his years spent in Japan working within a mostly Japanese company, the many interesting Japanese and 'Western' individuals he came to know and understand, the mistrust and paranoia surrounding him, the darker side of the Japanese nature, his relations with Japanese women, his travels around the country, the fading Japanese culture and heritage in the face of mass economics and industrialization, how he ultimately left the country in disgust, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains glossary of Japanese terms, 299pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Hodson, Peregrine : Circle Round the Sun, A : A Foreigner in Japan, Inc. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, collectables, antiquarian books, livres rares and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |