Memories of Silk and Straw: A Self-portrait of Small-town Japan by Juliet Winters Carpenter, Junichi Saga, Susumu Saga

Memories of Silk and Straw: A Self-portrait of Small-town Japan

Juliet Winters Carpenter, Junichi Saga, Susumu Saga

258 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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 Over 50 reminiscences of pre-modern Japan—illustrations of a way of life that has virtually disappeared. Voted "Best Book of the Year" by Japan's foreign press.This is a collective biography, based on interviews taped by a small-town doctor, reco...

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