{"product_id":"kuhaku-other-accounts-from-japan-9780974199504","title":"Kuhaku \u0026 Other Accounts from Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"What better way to invite a reader to explore the lavish surfaces and lonely depths of contemporary Japan than with a book so well-designed it whispers covet me from across the room? ... Inconclusive in the best possible way  by turns pointed and generous  Kuhaku paints a shifting portrait of a shifting place.\" Ellis Avery  Kyoto Journal  \"Chin Music Press is a company that is rewriting the rule book.\"  Bookslut  Travel past the temples and tourist sites and into the mind of modern Japan with this anthology  the literary equivalent of a knockdown pitch. Sixteen stories and essays by different writers destroy the many stereotypes about Japan. Say farewell to Madame Butterfly and the samurai ethic  and say hello to a complex nation that makes both a frustrating and fascinating home.  This collection includes stories on everything from taking out the garbage to cheating on your spouse. It also has an irreverent and informative glossary of real-world Japanese terms  four-color artwork and a Zen whiskey priest who would make Graham Greene proud.  When we set out to find stories for Kuhaku \u0026amp; Other Accounts from Japan  we knew what we wanted: candid tales of life in Japan that werent trying to slice and dice the country and the culture into digestable nuggets. We werent looking for Ph.D. dissertations  just smartly told tales from the street.  Having lived in Japan for a long time  we realized these stories were everywhere. We tracked the writers down  asked permission to publish their tales  or more often  prodded them to put that story they had told us down on paper. Just about everybody responded favorably.  Kuhakus stories come from everywhere: tales told over beers in a pub  stories of corporate drudgery related during the lunch hour  doodlings on napkins at the local Starbucks and professional pieces produced on deadline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792617103413,"sku":"ByrdShop_0974199508","price":333.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780974199504.jpg?v=1784756142","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/kuhaku-other-accounts-from-japan-9780974199504","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}