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This great stage of fools : an anthology of uncollected writings / by Alan Booth ; edited by Timothy Harris ; with an afterword by Karel van Wolferen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Booth, Alan, 1946-1993, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japan--Social life and customs.
- Japan.
- Manners and customs.
- Festivals--Japan.
- Festivals.
- Genre:
- Motion picture reviews.
- Travel writing.
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 304 pages : portrait ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Yokohama, Japan : Bright Wave Media Inc., 2018.
- Summary:
- "This book consists of a rich selection of reviews and articles he wrote for magazines and newspapers in Japan, its topic covering Japanese film, festivals, and folk-songs."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Foreword by Timothy Harris
- Part I: Film reviews. I. The state of Japanese cinema
- II. The best
- III. The worst
- IV. Priests, peasants, samurai & lovers
- V. Anime
- VI. The war
- VII. Three theater reviews
- Part II: Devils, gods & cameramen : fourteen festivals
- Part III: Songs of the far places : a look at Japan through the folk songs that celebrate it
- Part IV: Wanderers
- Part V: Going hence. I. The nuisance
- II. That's all, folks
- Afterword by Karel van Wolferen.
- Notes:
- Portrait of the author on page xiv.
- ISBN:
- 9780989916318
- 0989916316
- OCLC:
- 1048604179
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