{"product_id":"the-japan-journals-19472004","title":"The Japan Journals: 1947-2004","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichie should be designated a living national treasure.Library Journal \"Wonderfully evocative and full of humor... honest  introspective  and often poignant.\"New York Times \"No one has written with more concentration about the peculiar quality of exile enjoyed by the gaijin  the foreigner in Japan.\"London Review of Books \"To read The Donald Richie Reader and The Japan Journals is like diving for pearls. Dip into any part of them and you will surely find treasures about the cinema  literature  traveling  writing. The passages are evocative  erotic  playful  and often profound.\"Japanese Language and Literature Donald Richie has been observing and writing about Japan from the moment he arrived on New Years Eve  1946. Detailing his life  his lovers  and his ideas on matters high and low  The Japan Journals is a record of both a nation and an evolving expatriate sensibility. As Japan modernizes and as the author ages  the tone grows elegiac  and The Japan Journalsnow in paperback after the critically acclaimed hardcover editionbecomes a bittersweet chronicle of a complicated life well lived and captivatingly told. Donald Richie  the eminent film historian  novelist  and essayist  still lives in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955544354869,"sku":"ByrdShop_1880656973","price":32.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781880656976.jpg?v=1770310562","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-japan-journals-19472004","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}