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Confessions of a Yakuza by Jun'ichi Saga, John Bester (Paperback, 2013)

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Confessions Of A Yakuza. by Jun'ichi Saga, John Bester. Briefly, and matter-of-factly, he describes how he cut off the little finger of his left hand as a ritual gesture of apology. Short Title CONFESSIONS OF A YAKUZA.

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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'

Product Identifiers

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

Dimensions

Weight
221g
Height
284mm
Width
114mm

Additional Product Features

Spine
19mm
Content Note
1
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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