The story of modern Japan, from first 'opening' to the West with Admiral Perry's Black Ships in 1853, through World War II, to Japan's emergence as a Western-style democracy and economic power at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Ian Buruma
The China Lover
$24.95 – Paperback book / Atlantic Books
'An extraordinary story . . . told wonderfully well' Victoria James, Independent
When Sidney Vanoven is sent to occupied Japan, in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, it is his dream posting. By day, he work... Buy or find out more →
The China Lover
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Atlantic Books
A transfixing portrait of a woman and a nation eagerly burying the past to transform the future.
In his enthralling new novel, Ian Buruma uses the life of the starlet Yamaguchi Yoshiko as a lens through which to understa... Buy or find out more →
Inventing Japan
$22.95 – Paperback book / Phoenix House
The story of modern Japan, from first 'opening' to the West with Admiral Perry's Black Ships in 1853, through World War II, to Japan's emergence as a Western-style democracy and economic power at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.... Buy or find out more →