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A review by brucehoward
Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan by Donald Keene
5.0
As a biography of a person who has lived a fantastic life both observing, and participating as a key member of the modern Japanese literati, I consider this essential reading for anyone interested Japanese literature (modern or historic).
It's hard to overstate the impact Keene has had on making Japanese literature available not only to the non-Japanese world, but more broadly to those outside academia.
By itself that would make his biography worth reading but then there is the extraordinary range of famous authors, researchers, academics, historical places and events that his life's path has crossed, and that he documents herein.
5 stars
It's hard to overstate the impact Keene has had on making Japanese literature available not only to the non-Japanese world, but more broadly to those outside academia.
By itself that would make his biography worth reading but then there is the extraordinary range of famous authors, researchers, academics, historical places and events that his life's path has crossed, and that he documents herein.
5 stars