โ Scribed by Suzanne Kamata
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
An insightful anthology of 36 short stories written by non-Japanese who have called Japan their home. "Judging from the strong writing in this volume...the combination of Japanese reserve and the remote beauty of the country's art and landscape has intensified these writers' powers of observation," says Publishers Weekly.
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