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Extremes was published to critical
acclaim in the world's media, 'a book on Japan, the likes
of which has not been seen before.' Reviews were written
in many newspapers including The Times in the UK, Time
Out in London, and the Daily Yomiuri in Japan. Instead of the gentle affable meanderings of many travel writers, this gets under the skin of a country and a people, touching on subjects rarely if ever written about. It is raw, gritty and, at times, brutally honest, a book that refutes common wisdom and received opinion and cuts through to the sense of things. At times, it is counter-travel in its approach and will appeal to those tired of the clichés of the conventional travel book. A book that is erudite yet intimate, passionate yet balanced, heterogenous yet coherent. G M Thomas takes us on an extraordinary, vivid and honest journey where his intimacy with and affection for Japan paints a picture of contrast, confusion, and hidden delight. This book captures the extraordinary experiences of living and travelling across Japan and will change the way we view Japan’s modern society. It reveals the two Japans that exist alongside one another: one familiar, the other hidden and almost invisible to most foreigners. It moves from the gentle rhythms of the Inland Sea and the grave of a long-dead British naval officer to the sins and abasements in Tokyo, where any fetish is on tap. The author found a people who whilst sharing much in common, living in an amorphous middle-class society, actually live life torn by significant and contradictory modes of behaviour – modes that they find increasingly unsettling. Their voices and fears are expressed in the book as they strive to make sense of their own life in the twenty-first century. You can order from either www.amazon.co.uk (who will, of course, airmail overseas), www.amazon.co.jp or your local bookshop quoting: Author: G.M Thomas ISBN: 0-9546789-0-7 Publisher: Kaichan Europe e-mail: g m thomas
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Links relating to subjects in Extremes General Art Sontag's eight classic Japanese films Media Louche Ryokan, Onsen, Food Places
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