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An American's journey of profound self-discovery in Japan, and an exquisite tale of cultural and physical difference, sexuality, love, loss, mortality, and the ephemeral nature of beauty and art.

Table of Contents
  • Prologue: In the Province of the Gods
  • . Floating
  • One: Genkan
  • Two: Fortune
  • Three: Barrier Free
  • Four: Foreign Affairs
  • Five: Mono no Aware
  • Six: Physical Facts
  • Seven: A Mountain of Skulls and Candlelit Graves
  • Eight: An Infected Throat and a Healing Tree
  • Nine: Borrowing the Hills
  • II. Away
  • One: Before
  • Two: After
  • III. World
  • One: Survivals
  • Two: A Pair of One-Winged Birds
  • Three: History Being Created, or What the Leech Child Says
  • Four: Rare and Uncommon Beings
  • Five: Bubbling Water
  • Six: My Japan
  • Seven: Before and After
  • Eight: Positive Effects
  • Nine: New Stories in an Ancient Land
  • Epilogue: Procession
  • Acknowledgments
  • Suggested Readings

In the Province of the Gods

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      Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
      Published 31 December 2021
      ISBN-13 9780299314248
      978-0299314248
      ISBN-10 0299314243
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An American's journey of profound self-discovery in Japan, and an exquisite tale of cultural and physical difference, sexuality, love, loss, mortality, and the ephemeral nature of beauty and art.

      Table of Contents
      • Prologue: In the Province of the Gods
      • . Floating
      • One: Genkan
      • Two: Fortune
      • Three: Barrier Free
      • Four: Foreign Affairs
      • Five: Mono no Aware
      • Six: Physical Facts
      • Seven: A Mountain of Skulls and Candlelit Graves
      • Eight: An Infected Throat and a Healing Tree
      • Nine: Borrowing the Hills
      • II. Away
      • One: Before
      • Two: After
      • III. World
      • One: Survivals
      • Two: A Pair of One-Winged Birds
      • Three: History Being Created, or What the Leech Child Says
      • Four: Rare and Uncommon Beings
      • Five: Bubbling Water
      • Six: My Japan
      • Seven: Before and After
      • Eight: Positive Effects
      • Nine: New Stories in an Ancient Land
      • Epilogue: Procession
      • Acknowledgments
      • Suggested Readings

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