The Missionary & the Libertine - Hardcover
A collection of essays about the cultural divide between East (from Iraq to Japan) and West (Western Europe and North America). The topics include Japanese sex in the cinema, the conflict between East and West in well-known individuals, Hong Kong, and the legacy of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima.
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"Trenchant and sophisticated.... Buruma evokes a rich panorama of East and West."-The New York Times "Eclectic and intimate."-Talk
"Buruma has dizzying freewheeling powers of observation."-Los Angeles Times
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"Buruma has dizzying freewheeling powers of observation."-Los Angeles Times
The author of five previous books, Ian Buruma lives in London.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0571176356
- ISBN 13 9780571176359
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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