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Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan (Kodansha Globe) Paperback – May 15, 1996

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A VIBRANT, MEDITATIVE WALK IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL OF JAPAN

Traveling by foot through mountains and villages, Alan Booth found a Japan far removed from the stereotypes familiar to Westerners. Whether retracing the footsteps of ancient warriors or detailing the encroachments of suburban sprawl, he unerringly finds the telling detail, the unexpected transformation, the everyday drama that brings this remote world to life on the page. Looking for the Lost is full of personalities, from friendly gangsters to mischievous children to the author himself, an expatriate who found in Japan both his true home and dogged exile. Wry, witty, sometimes angry, always eloquent, Booth is a uniquely perceptive guide. Looking for the Lost is a technicolor journey into the heart of a nation. Perhaps even more significant, it is the self-portrait of one man, Alan Booth, exquisitely painted in the twilight of his own life.

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"[Booth] achieved an extraordinary understanding of life as it is lived by ordinary Japanese....Frequently brilliant in his insights."—F.G. Notehelfer, The New York Times Book Review

"Alan Booth was not only the best travel writer on Japan, but one of the best travel writers in the English language. Looking for the Lost is a superb exercise in describing Japan from the point of view of an outsider with the knowledge of an insider."—Ian Buruma, author of The Wages of Guilt

"Booth had a horror of pretension....[He] never fails to produce the whimsical anecdotes that keep the whole account down-to-earth."—Elizabeth ward, Washington Post Book World

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An unforgettable odyssey in search of the vanishing heart of Japan

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kodansha Globe
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 15, 1996
Edition ‏ : ‎ New edition
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568361483
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568361482
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 1.05 x 8.4 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,461,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #358 in General Japan Travel Guides
- #674 in General Asia Travel Books
- #2,711 in Travel Writing Reference
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