Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School - Hardcover

Feiler, Bruce S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039558521X ISBN 13: 9780395585214

Publisher: Ticknor & Fields, 1991

Synopsis

Offers a glimpse of Japan's most important national resource--education--and provides descriptions of Japanese culture and how an American teacher adapted to it

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Review:

"Always fascinating and often funny.one of those rare books that shows the Japanese as fully rounded human beings." -- Washington Post

"A refreshingly original look at Japan.this book is a revelation." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Gems of insight and understanding." -- Rocky Mountain News

"As fascinating an account of Japanese life as you could find anywhere...Don't miss this one."--Grand Rapids Press

"Filled with rich anecdotes that tell far more than dry, academic tomes on the same subject."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"An engaging book, Learning to Bow earns higher marks than the usual scholarly analysis."--Business Tokyo

"A refreshingly original look at Japan...this book is a revelation."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A hilarious and revealing book [that] marks the debut of a formidable talent."--James Fallows, Washington Editor of Atlantic Monthly

"A charming and incisive close-up of the most important part of the Japanese miracle- the making of a Japanese."--Robert Elegant, author of Pacific Destiny

"Mark Salzman fans and other aficionados of things Eastern will love...Bruce Feiler's Learning to Bow."--Elle

About the Author:

Bruce Feiler is the author of six consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including Abraham, Where God Was Born, America's Prophet, The Council of Dads, and The Secrets of Happy Families. He is a columnist for the New York Times, a popular lecturer, and a frequent commentator on radio and television. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and twin daughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 039558521X
• ISBN 13: 9780395585214
• Binding: Hardcover