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Bezig met laden... The Japan Journals: 1947-2004 (origineel 2004; editie 2005)door Donald Richie, Leza Lowitz (Redacteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A classy wrap-up of an astonishing career in Japan., January 30, 2005 (revised from my review on Amazon) Donald Richie's JAPAN JOURNALS give us an insightful, refreshing collection of anecdotes from long roster of "who's who" of post WWII Japan. Coming to Japan to take a journalist job for the US Army's 'Stars and Stripes', the author found his niche as an observer of the Japanese. He was the first foreign writer to bring the art of Japanese Cinema to the attention of the west. In the intervening 50+ years of living in and writing about Japan, he was able to get to know many of Japan's most creative individuals, but he has waited until now to share his personal stories. Keeping several types of journals over the past 50 years, Donald Richie melded his observations into many published works: collections of biographical sketches, descriptions of the country and society, sophisticated critiques of Japanese film and even some entertaining novels. With THE JAPAN JOURNALS 1947-2004, he dishes a little more of the inside stories and gets more personal. Ms. Lowitz's intelligent editing prevents overlapping previously published works, and her own comments are well-wrought. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"The transformation of Japan from post-war devastation to twenty-first-century economic and cultural powerhouse has been a remarkable spectacle. Donald Richie arrived in Tokyo on New Year's Day 1947 and since then has been living there to witness and report on this change. For over fifty years Richie's work - comprising dozens of books and hundreds of essays - had helped define modern Japan and Japanese culture for Western readers." "Now, having reached his celebratory eightieth year, this long-time observer of others has decided to open his private journals to public view. Spanning his entire time in Japan, Richie's writings show a man who is still intellectually engaged and still passionately romantic."
"In the 1940s Richie eagerly violated U.S. Occupation rules against "fraternization" to sneak into movie theaters and concerts. His early work as a reporter for Stars and Stripes in Tokyo led to a career as a writer and critic. Interested in film, books, art, and music, he got to meet (and write in his Journals about) scores of Japanese luminaries, among them authors Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima, Zen philosopher D.T. Suzuki, composer Toru Takemitsu, Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando, and directors Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, and Nagisa Oshima." "As Richie's reputation grew (he was instrumental in introducing Japanese film to the West), he became to "go-to guy" for American and European artists passing through town. In the Journals are snippets of conversations from many of these encounters, portraying a whining Truman Capote, a self-absorbed Stephen Spender, a delightful Marguerite Yourcenar. Here, too, are examples of Richie's famously deft travel sketches of landscapes, buildings, and the Japanese urban scene and sense of style."--Jacket. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)952.04092History and Geography Asia Japan 1945-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Basically, though, I'm totally jealous of him - hanging out with Mishima at dive bars! no fair! ( )