Tokyo Nights [Paperback]

Donald Richie (Author), David Cozy (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2005

Fiction. This book is a fast and enjoyable read. Take three men and three women. Mix them well in the summer heat and cool autumn of Ginza. This book was first published in London in 1988, revised edition published in 1994. This second revised edition contains a new introduction by David Cozy. "A Bizarre manga, a post-modern comedy of manners full of withering insights into contemporary Japan"--The Japan Times. "It is Richie's unswerving commitment to make it only too plain what these sorts of people do say (and don't say) to each other that makes the novel so suffocatingly authentic"--Intersect.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A bizarre manga, a post-modern comedy of manners full of withering insights into contemporary Japan. -- Joseph Lapenta, The Japan Times

Satire on Tokyo night life. Like a fugue in that the characters are interwoven by their constant changing of partners. -- John Haylock, London Magazine

The tension between the neutral style and the maddening characters creates the real drama of the novel. -- Arturo Silva, Tokyo Journal

Witty short novel about nightlife in Tokyo. Perhaps no other author could have written about it in quite this way. -- David Burleigh, Mainichi Daily News

About the Author

Donald Richie is best known as the foremost Western authority on Japanese cinema. He has written about many aspects of the country and its people. Richie lives in Tokyo.

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Printed Matter Press (July 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933606002
• ISBN-13: 978-1933606002
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,668,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not capitivating, January 23, 2008

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Akira Touya (Berlin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tokyo Nights (Paperback)

i did not finish, nor did i have an inclination to finish, this book. it is simply not enthralling or endearing or anything an enjoyable book would be. the story is mildly entertaining and the book is written as japanese would sound almost literally translated (so it is interesting for a little while) but this is not a book worthy of your hard-earned money. steal it if you can/want, but only if you want to experience velleity to continue after you get 1/2 of the way through the book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pathetic, August 14, 2007

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Stephen Harris "futsal1958" (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tokyo Nights (Paperback)

I am going to assume that somebody drugged Donald Richie and stole his name. This book is scandalously bad.

Richie is brilliant. Buy anything of his but this. It is horrible.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A funny and suprising book, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tokyo Nights (Paperback)

Tokyo Nights is a book about Tokyo night life. It show you how the night clubs and bars function. It let you see how the workers interacts with the customers. The story itself is very complex. It's about how this guy who have a wife and a girlfriend and now he's seeing another 17 years old girl. But what the guy don't know is that his wife and girlfriends are also cheating on him. A very sick story, but I like it.