Genre: Biography/Memoir
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Hojoki : visions of a torn world
Japan’s capital city of Kyoto was devastated by earthquake, storm, and fire in the late 12th century. Retreating from “this unkind world,” the poet and Buddhist priest Kamo-no-Chomei left the capital for the forested mountains, where he eventually constructed his famous “ten-foot-square” hut. From this solitary vantage point Chomei produced Hojoki, an extraordinary literary work…
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What I talk about when I talk about running : a memoir
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a dozen critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has…
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Return to Tsugaru : travels of a purple tramp
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Childhood years : a memoir
Set against the modernization of Japan and World War II, the personal diary of Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s early years offers a moving look at one of Japan’s modern novelists.
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A life of Jesus