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The Roads to Sata
A 2000-mile walk through Japan
Taschenbuch von Alan Booth
Sprache: Englisch

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'A memorable, oddly beautiful book' Wall Street Journal'A marvellous glimpse of the Japan that rarely peeks through the country's public image' Washington PostOne sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across the entire length of Japan. Travelling only along small back roads, Alan Booth travelled on foot from Soya, the country's northernmost tip, to Sata in the extreme south, traversing three islands and some 2,000 miles of rural Japan. His mission: 'to come to grips with the business of living here,' after having spent most of his adult life in Tokyo. The Roads to Sata is a wry, witty, inimitable account of that prodigious trek, vividly revealing the reality of life in off-the-tourist-track Japan. Journeying alongside Booth, we encounter the wide variety of people who inhabit the Japanese countryside - from fishermen and soldiers, to bar hostesses and school teachers, to hermits, drunks and the homeless. We glimpse vast stretches of coastline and rambling townscapes, mountains and motorways; watch baseball games and sunrises; sample trout and Kilamanjaro beer, hear folklore, poems and smutty jokes. Throughout, we enjoy the wit and insight of a uniquely perceptive guide, and more importantly, discover a new face of an often-misunderstood nation.
'A memorable, oddly beautiful book' Wall Street Journal'A marvellous glimpse of the Japan that rarely peeks through the country's public image' Washington PostOne sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across the entire length of Japan. Travelling only along small back roads, Alan Booth travelled on foot from Soya, the country's northernmost tip, to Sata in the extreme south, traversing three islands and some 2,000 miles of rural Japan. His mission: 'to come to grips with the business of living here,' after having spent most of his adult life in Tokyo. The Roads to Sata is a wry, witty, inimitable account of that prodigious trek, vividly revealing the reality of life in off-the-tourist-track Japan. Journeying alongside Booth, we encounter the wide variety of people who inhabit the Japanese countryside - from fishermen and soldiers, to bar hostesses and school teachers, to hermits, drunks and the homeless. We glimpse vast stretches of coastline and rambling townscapes, mountains and motorways; watch baseball games and sunrises; sample trout and Kilamanjaro beer, hear folklore, poems and smutty jokes. Throughout, we enjoy the wit and insight of a uniquely perceptive guide, and more importantly, discover a new face of an often-misunderstood nation.
Über den Autor
ALAN BOOTH was born in London in 1946 and travelled to Japan in 1970 to study Noh theatre. He stayed, working as a writer and film critic, until his untimely death in 1993.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Sonstige Sportarten
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780141992839
ISBN-10: 0141992832
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Booth, Alan
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Maße: 198 x 131 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Alan Booth
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.10.2020
Gewicht: 0,248 kg
Artikel-ID: 121197296
Über den Autor
ALAN BOOTH was born in London in 1946 and travelled to Japan in 1970 to study Noh theatre. He stayed, working as a writer and film critic, until his untimely death in 1993.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Sonstige Sportarten
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780141992839
ISBN-10: 0141992832
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Booth, Alan
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Maße: 198 x 131 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Alan Booth
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.10.2020
Gewicht: 0,248 kg
Artikel-ID: 121197296
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