A Tokyo Romance
2018 • 256 pages
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"A classic memoir of self-invention in a strange land: Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his amazing journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970's"--Jacket.
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An enthralling account of a young Dutch-English man finding his identity in 1970s Japan. Immersed in the theatre scene, Buruma's adventures are simultaneously unique and universal. The detailed descriptions could only come from a prodigiously observant outsider. Yet the feelings of unmoored curiosity, longing, and desire for fraternity will be familiar to anyone who has been young and lost.
