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Book Title
Confessions Of A Yakuza
Publication Name
Confessions Of A Yakuza
Title
Confessions Of A Yakuza
Author
John Bester
Format
Paperback
ISBN-10
1568365047
EAN
9781568365046
ISBN
9781568365046
Publisher
Kodansha America, Inc
Genre
Biography
Topic
Social Sciences
Release Date
22/02/2013
Release Year
2013
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
284mm
Item Length
114mm
Item Weight
221g
UPC
9781568365046

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This is the true story, as told to the doctor who looked after him just before he died, of the life of one of the last traditional yakuza in Japan. It wasn't a good' life, in either sense of the word, but it was an adventurous one; and the tale he has to tell presents an honest and oddly attractive picture of an insider in that separate, ufficial world. In his low, hoarse voice, he describes the random events that led the son of a prosperous country shopkeeper to become a member, and ultimately the leader, of a gang organizing illegal dice games in Tokyo's liveliest'

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Publisher
Kodansha America, Inc
ISBN-10
1568365047
ISBN-13
9781568365046
eBay Product ID (ePID)
152411331

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221g
Height
284mm
Width
114mm

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19mm
Content Note
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Author Biography
Dr. JUNICHI SAGA is a medical doctor with a general practice in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Lake Kasumigaura. He began taping his elderly patients' reminiscences about thirty years ago when he realized what a wealth of detail and information they contained. He has published numerous works of local history and ecology, two of which are available in English: Memories of Wind and Waves and Memories of Silk and Straw. In his spare time he does ink painting. JOHN BESTER, the translator, is one of the foremost translators of Japanese fiction. In 1990 he was given the first Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature, for his English version of a short-story collection by Yukio Mishima entitled Acts of Worship.
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Author(s)
Jun'ichi Saga, John Bester
Date of Publication
30/04/2013
Subject
Biography: General
Imprint
Kodansha America, Inc
Country of Publication
United States
Genre
Biography: General

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