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Wrong About Japan [Signed 1st Australian Ed.] A Father's Journey with His Son

Name: Wrong About Japan [Signed 1st Australian Ed.] A Father's Journey with His Son
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Author: Carey, Peter
ISBN: 9781740513258

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Vintage, 2004. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Like New/Like New. First Paperback Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Published by Vintage, 2004. Octavo. Pictorial wraps in dust jacket. Signed on title page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 121 pages. ISBN: 9781740513258. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

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The recipient of two Booker Prizes, Peter Carey expands his extraordinary achievement with each new novel--and now gives us something entirely different.When famously shy Charley becomes obsessed with Japanese manga and anime, Peter is not only delighted for his son but also entranced himself. Thus begins a journey, with a father sharing his twelve-year-old's exotic comic books, that ultimately leads them to Tokyo, WHERE a strange Japanese boy will become both their guide and judge. Quickly the visitors plunge deep into the lanes of Shitimachi--into the "weird stuff" of modern Japan--meeting manga artists and anime directors; painstaking impersonators called "visualists," who adopt a remarkable variety of personae; and solitary otakus, whose existence is thoroughly computerized. What emerges from these encounters is a far-ranging study of history and of culture both high and low--from samurai to salaryman, from Kabuki theater to the postwar robot craze. Peter Carey's observations are always provocative, even when his hosts point out, politely, that he is once again wrong about Japan. And his adventures with Charley are at once comic, surprising, and deeply moving, as father and son cope with and learn from each other in a strange place far from home.This is, in the end, a remarkable portrait of a culture--whether Japan or adolescence--that looks eerily familiar but remains tantalizingly closed to outsiders.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Southampton Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 104711
Title: Wrong About Japan [Signed 1st Australian Ed.] A Father's Journey with His Son
Author: Carey, Peter
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: New Like New
Jacket Condition: Like New
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1740513258
ISBN 13: 9781740513258
Publisher: Vintage
Place of Publication: Australia
Date Published: 2004
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