{"product_id":"the-passenger-japan-the-passenger-1","title":"The Passenger: Japan (The Passenger, 1)","description":"A new series from Europa Editions, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.\nIN THIS VOLUME:Ghosts of the Tsumani by Richard Lloyd Parry・Living in Shimokitazawa by Yoshimoto Banana・Why Japan Is Populist-Free? by Ian Buruma・plus: a Shinto sect in the shadow of power, feeling debts by disappearing into thin air, the decline of sexual desire, the obsession with American blues, the strongest sumo wrestler of all time (who isn’s Japanese), the revenge of the Ainu and much more...\nVisitors from the West look with amazement, and sometimes concern, at Japan’s social structures and unique, complex culture industry; the gigantic scale of its tech corporations and the resilience of its traditions; the extraordinary diversity of the subcultures that flourish in its “post-human” megacities. The country nonetheless remains an intricate and complicated jigsaw puzzle, an inexhaustible source of inspiration for stories, reflections, and reportage.\nThe subjects in this volume range from the Japanese veneration of the dead to the Tokyo music scene, from urban alienation to cinema, from sumo to toxic masculinity.\nCaught between an ageing population and extreme post-modernity, Japan is an ideal observation point from which to understand our age and the one to come.\n“Some Japanese stories end violently. Others never end at all, but only cut away, at the moment of extreme crisis, to a butterfly, or the wind, or the moon.”―Brian Phillips\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1787702197\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1787702197.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:AA.VV.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499270348858,"sku":"DBV.1787702197.G","price":13.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1787702197-0.jpg?v=1783022275","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-passenger-japan-the-passenger-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}