A a memoir Buruma, Ian creator author. text bibliography biography Autobiographies. nyu Place of publication not identified] Penguin Books 2019 2018 monographic eng

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243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm "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 When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo in 1975, Japan was little more than an idea in his mind, a fantasy of a distant land. A sensitive misfit in the world of his upper middleclass youth, what he longed for wasn't so much the exotic as the raw, unfiltered humanity he had experienced in Japanese theater performances and films, witnessed in Amsterdam and Paris. One particular theater troupe, directed by a poet of runaways, outsiders, and eccentrics, was especially alluring, more than a little frightening, and completely unforgettable. If Tokyo was anything like his plays, Buruma knew that he had to join the circus as soon as possible"-- Ian Buruma. Includes bibliographical references and index. AAL a-ja--- Buruma, Ian Travel Authors, Dutch 20th century Biography Theater Japan Tokyo Tokyo (Japan) Social life and customs 1945- PR9130.9.B87 Z46 2018 828.91403 9781101981412 9781101981436 2017031389 Ayesha Abed Library LBSOR/DLC 260519 20260804105504.0 45810 eng