{"product_id":"shoshaman-shinya-arai-9780520071421","title":"Shoshaman: A Tale of Corporate Japan","description":"Acknowledging no god but the corporate good, the shoshamen--high-powered professionals within Japan's integrated trading companies--serve as the unrelenting cogs of an economic machine. Or do they?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShoshaman\u003c\/i\u003e takes us inside the world of Japan Inc. to explore the daily lives of the people who inhabit it. Written by a senior executive in a major sogo shosha, this absorbing novel reveals, as no textbook can, the strategies required to win the race to the top. It also makes painfully clear the ethical and psychological choices that such a race demands. The cast of characters is as varied as the corporate world itself, from the devoted Ojima, who has been passed over by the company, to the spirited Masako, who strikes out on her own. The hero, Nakasato Michio, finds that the road to success is long and perilous, as he tries to satisfy his ambitions while remaining faithful to his values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published as \u003ci\u003eKigyoka sarariman\u003c\/i\u003e in 1986 and made into a prize-winning television miniseries in 1988, the book has been acclaimed in Japan for the verisimilitude of its characters and situations. It offers a clear understanding of what it is like--in human terms--to survive and perhaps succeed within the confines of the Japanese corporation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shinya Arai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520071425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520071421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.06w x 0.69d","brand":"Shinya Arai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064994443519,"sku":"9780520071421","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2ec6605-a369-49e4-9e47-501d14931d97.jpg?v=1768672431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shoshaman-shinya-arai-9780520071421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}