A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains in Japanese Culture by Ian Buruma

A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains in Japanese Culture

Ian Buruma

242 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history informative relaxing medium-paced
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The received myth is that the Japanese are a race so different from the rest of us that no outsider can understand them - a myth they seem rather to enjoy. But one that Ian Buruma explodes in this fascinating study of the Japanese character throug...

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