The Actors: An Image Of The New Japan
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
A vivid work of literary non-fiction, The Actors: An Image of the New Japan chronicles Australian writer Hal Porter's sharp-eyed observations of post-war Japan, a nation caught between ancient tradition and rapid modernization. With the keen sensibility of a novelist and the precision of a cultural critic, Porter presents a Japan of contradictions — a society performing its own reinvention on a grand, theatrical stage. His prose is richly stylized and often sardonic, capturing the textures of daily Japanese life, from its social rituals and aesthetic sensibilities to the tensions simmering beneath a polished surface. The result is an intimate and intellectually provocative portrait that illustrates how a defeated nation reconstructed not just its cities, but its very identity for the watching world.
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
A vivid work of literary non-fiction, The Actors: An Image of the New Japan chronicles Australian writer Hal Porter's sharp-eyed observations of post-war Japan, a nation caught between ancient tradition and rapid modernization. With the keen sensibility of a novelist and the precision of a cultural critic, Porter presents a Japan of contradictions — a society performing its own reinvention on a grand, theatrical stage. His prose is richly stylized and often sardonic, capturing the textures of daily Japanese life, from its social rituals and aesthetic sensibilities to the tensions simmering beneath a polished surface. The result is an intimate and intellectually provocative portrait that illustrates how a defeated nation reconstructed not just its cities, but its very identity for the watching world.
