In the Land of the Kami: A Journey Into the Hearts of Japan

by Michael Hoffman

Overview

The stories, or essays, or perhaps poems in disguise, collected here are somewhat whimsical. They emerged from simple questions: What is Zen? Who was Confucius? What was it like to be a kid in Japan 10,000 years ago, or 1000, or 500? How did death come to seem, as it did for many centuries, so much more important to the Japanese than life? It is the author's proud boast that, though the questions are treated in some depth, not a single definitive answer emerges.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151044912
Publisher:	Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/20/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	230
File size:	404 KB

About the Author

Michael Hoffman has lived in Japan since 1982. His columns and stories appear
regularly in The Japan Times and irregularly elsewhere. His previous books include
The Naked Ear, Little Pieces: This Side of Japan, and The Coat that Covers Him and
Other Stories.