{"product_id":"looking-for-the-lost-isbn-9781568361482","title":"Looking for the Lost","description":"A VIBRANT, MEDITATIVE WALK IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL OF JAPAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraveling 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. \u003ci\u003eLooking for the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eLooking for the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"[Booth] achieved an extraordinary understanding of life as it is lived by ordinary Japanese....Frequently brilliant in his insights.\"—F.G. Notehelfer, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alan Booth was not only the best travel writer on Japan, but one of the best travel writers in the English language.  \u003ci\u003eLooking for the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Wages of Guilt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Booth had a horror of pretension....[He] never fails to produce the whimsical anecdotes that keep the whole account down-to-earth.\"—Elizabeth ward, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eALAN BOOTH\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1946 and traveled to Japan in 1970 to study Noh theater. He stayed, working as a writer and film critic, until his death from cancer in 1993. His books include The Roads to Sata.","brand":"Kodansha Globe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302067392741,"sku":"NP9781568361482","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781568361482.jpg?v=1767731736","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/looking-for-the-lost-isbn-9781568361482","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}