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Bending adversity : Japan and the art of survival / David Pilling.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : The Penguin Press, 2020.Description: xxxvi, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780141990538
  • 9781594205842
  • 9780143126959
Other title:
  • Bending adversity
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 952.0512 23
LOC classification:
  • DS806 .P49 2014
Contents:
Tsunami. Tsunami ; Bending adversity -- Double-bolted land. Shimaguni ; Leaving Asia -- Decades found and lost. The magic teapot ; After the fall -- Life after growth. Japan as number three ; Samurai with a quiff ; Life after growth ; The promised road ; From behind the screen -- Adrift. Asia ex-Japan ; Abnormal nation -- After the tsunami. Fukushima fallout ; Citizens ; After the tsunami.
Summary: Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including novelist Haruki Murakami, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, industrialists and bankers, activists and artists, teenagers and octogenarians. Through their voices, Pilling captures the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Japan.
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Book Book Ayesha Abed Library Ayesha Abed Library 952.0512 PIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 3010045795
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"First published in Allen Lane 2014. Published in Penguin Books 2014. Reissued with a new afterword 2020"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-348) and index.

Tsunami. Tsunami ; Bending adversity -- Double-bolted land. Shimaguni ; Leaving Asia -- Decades found and lost. The magic teapot ; After the fall -- Life after growth. Japan as number three ; Samurai with a quiff ; Life after growth ; The promised road ; From behind the screen -- Adrift. Asia ex-Japan ; Abnormal nation -- After the tsunami. Fukushima fallout ; Citizens ; After the tsunami.

Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including novelist Haruki Murakami, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, industrialists and bankers, activists and artists, teenagers and octogenarians. Through their voices, Pilling captures the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Japan.

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