{"product_id":"the-donald-richie-reader-donald-richie-9781880656617","title":"The Donald Richie Reader: 50 Years of Writing on Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo one has written more, or more artfully, about Japan and Japanese culture than Donald Richie. Richie moved to Tokyo just after World War II. And he is still there, still writing. This book is the first compilation of the best of Richie's writings on Japan, with excerpts from his critical work on film (Richie helped introduce Japanese film to the West in the late 1950s) and his unpublished private journal, plus fiction, Zen musings, and masterful essays on culture, travel, people, and style. With a critical introduction and full bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDonald Richie's \u003c\/b\u003emany books include \u003ci\u003eThe Films of Akira Kurosawa, The Japanese Tattoo, \u003c\/i\u003e and the PBS favorite \u003ci\u003eThe Inland Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. Vienna resident \u003cb\u003eArturo Silva \u003c\/b\u003elived in Japan for 18 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"To read  \u003cb\u003eThe Donald Richie Reader\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Japan Journals\u003c\/b\u003e] is like diving for pearls. Dip into any part of them and you will surely find treasures about the cinema, literature, traveling, writing. The passages are evocative, erotic, playful, and often profound.\" - \u003ci\u003eJapanese Language and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Richie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1880656612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781880656617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stone Bridge Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 7.04w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Second Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/28\/2001 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2001 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2001 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2001 pg. 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2002 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2003 pg. 12","brand":"Donald Richie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991165993215,"sku":"9781880656617","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_040c1dce-f1fa-436c-9212-cc5bf36316dd.jpg?v=1683308813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-donald-richie-reader-donald-richie-9781880656617","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}