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Author:	Peter Carey	Edition:	1
Publisher:	Random House Inc	ISBN-10:	1400043115
Subject:	History	ISBN-13:	9781400043118
Topic:	--	Format:	Hardcover
Language:	--	Publication Year:	2005
Condition:	Good	Special Attributes:	--

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In this slim, intriguing volume, fiction writer (and Booker Prizewinner) Peter Carey takes his 12-year-old son, Charley, on vacation to Japan. An avid fan of manga and anime (Japanese comic books and animated films), Charley simply wants to meet the directors of his favorite movies and shows. But his father, who has grown to share his son's interests, has his own agenda: he wants to understand the cultural basis behind the stories he reads and watches. Carey's personal quest takes him and the reluctant Charley to a sword-maker and a lengthy Kabuki performance, as well as to the promised visits with the directors. While Charley is thrilled to meet his idols, Carey receives enigmatic answers from the people he inexpertly interviews. Ultimately, the majority of these encounters fail to confirm (or to disprove) the theories he's developed about manga and anime. His inability to truly comprehend Japan is exemplified by the fictional character introduced into this otherwise nonfiction travelogue, an unusual and mysterious young man named Takashi who is purportedly Charley's pen pal. The book features black-and-white art from manga and anime referred to in the text, including MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM, AKIRA, and BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE.
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Length:	158 pages
Height:	7.8 in.
Width:	5.3 in.
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Previous winner of two Booker Prizes, Peter Carey expands his extraordinary achievement with each new novel — but now gives us something entirely different. When famously shy Charley Carey becomes obsessed with Japanese manga and anime, Peter is not only delighted for his son, but entranced himself. Thus, with a father sharing his twelve-year-old’s exotic comic books, begins a journey that will lead them both to Tokyo, where a strange Japanese boy will become both their guide and judge. The visitors quickly plunge deep into the lanes of Shitimachi — into the “weird stuff” of modern Japan — meeting manga artists and anime directors, “visualists” who painstakingly impersonate cartoons, and solitary “otakus” who lead a computerized existence. What emerges from these encounters is a pithy, far-ranging study of history and culture both high and low — from samurai to salaryman, from kabuki theatre to the post-war robot craze. Peter Carey’s observations are provocative, even though his hosts often point out, politely, that he is wrong about Japan. In adventures that are comic, surprising, and ultimately moving, father and son cope with and learn from each other in a place far from home. “No Real Japan,” said Charley. “You’ve got to promise. No temples. No museums.” “What could we do?” “We could buy cool manga.” “There’ll be no English translations.” “I don’t care. I’d eat raw fish.” —excerpt from Wrong About Japan
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"This is primarily a travel memoir, not a sentimental effusion about a father and son bonding in a foreign land....Thoughtful, sensitive exploration of contemporary Japanese culture." Kirkus (11/15/2004) "[A]lthough [Carey's] latest is presented as nonfiction, his fiction readers won't be disappointed. This travel diary reads like a scintillating novella....Carey's fluid and engaging writing style gets a boost from 25 energetic b&w anime/manga illustrations." Publishers Weekly (11/22/2004) "The good news is that on every page you're reminded that Carey is a novelist: he has a novelist's appetite for information....The ending suggests that while Carey and those of his generation are doomed to be politely wrong about Japan forever, his son, burdened with less history and blessed with a visceral interest in the artifacts of modern Japanese culture, can connect with Japan in a way that eludes his father." New York Times Book Review - Marcel Theroux (01/30/2005) "[A] tiny gem of a memoir....A lovely, eloquent, generous book." Ruminator Review - Susannah McNeely

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Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son

Peter Carey

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Binding:	Hardcover
Book Condition:	Good
Jacket Condition:	Good

ISBN:	1400043115
Publication Date:	2005-01-11
Publisher:	Knopf

Pages:	176
Height:	0.7900 inches
Width:	5.3100 inches
Weight:	0.5500 pounds

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