The Japanese Chronicles

by Nicolas Bouvier

Book Overview

A distillation of Bouvier's lifelong quest for Japan and his many travels, so that the reader discovers the country through the eyes of both a passionate young man, the sensual appreciation of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562790080
• ISBN13: 9781562790080
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Mercury House
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Impressions of Japan by a Swiss-French writer

Excellent writer, however sometimes specially at the end of the book he sort of loose focus and ramble a little bit. He explored Japan at a time when Japan was affordable, mid-fifties, and sixties and the Japanese people in general were less cosmopolitan, so there is great charm in that, as for today I am sure some of that charm is lost, of course this is not a travel guide, but reminiscences of his stays there, and his impressions as an educated Swiss-French writer.

Excellent!

I read this book one month into a year-stay in Japan. The country which was becoming increasingly unattractive to me became fascinating again. I love this book. Like Alan Booth, the author presents Japan and its people in a unsentimental, yet loving way. Highly recommended.