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Autumn Light
Japan's Season of Fire and Farewells
Langbeschreibung
We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it's their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty.Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law's sudden death, Pico Iyer soon picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office in the day and engaging in spirited games of ping-pong in the evenings. But in a country whose calendar is marked with occasions honouring the dead, he soon finds himself grappling with the question we all have to live with: how to hold on to the things we love even though we know that they - and we - are dying.As the maple leaves begin to turn and the heat starts to soften, Iyer shows us a Japan we have seldom seen before through the season that reminds us to take nothing for granted.
Hauptbeschreibung
A companion piece to A Beginner's Guide to Japan, which is a more analytical look at the country: a handbook, for newcomer and veteran alike.
Pico Iyer
ISBN-13:
9781526611468
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.11.2020
Seiten:
235
Autor:
Pico Iyer
Gewicht:
209 g
Format:
198x128x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch