𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁" 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 -
While Booth offers more hour-to-hour details and less reflection than I would like, his travelogue of walking rural Japan through its literary and military history is remarkable, memorable, and genuinely enlightening.
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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁” 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 -
Though many years ago, Booth's travelogue along the literary and historical paths of Japan's back country is testament to a people far more varied than Westerners understand.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 - "𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁" 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 -
There is always something problematic about Westerners seeking a 'lost mystic East,' but Booth's personal quest is widely respected (and too few books addressing culture shifts are available in English from Japanese writers). Let's give it a go!
𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -
An odd collection, but some lighter reads in a hot month!
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