Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan

by Donald Keene

Book Overview

"I sometimes think that if, as the result of an accident, I were to lose my knowledge of Japanese, there would not be much left for me. Japanese, which at first had no connection with my ancestors, my literary tastes, or my awareness of myself as a person, has become the central element of my life."

In this eloquent and wholly absorbing memoir, the renowned scholar Donald Keene shares more than half a century of his extraordinary adventures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231144415
• ISBN13: 9780231144414
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher