The men in my country [[electronic resource] /] / Marilyn Abildskov
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| Autore: |
Abildskov Marilyn <1961->
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| Titolo: |
The men in my country [[electronic resource] /] / Marilyn Abildskov
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| Pubblicazione: | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 952.04/9/08691 |
| Soggetto topico: | Americans - Japan |
| Soggetto geografico: | Japan Description and travel |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | It starts as a name; I meet Nozaki; But we don't meet; One night in class; I meet the second man; The next day; We meet again; The next day; In the days that follow; I meet the third man; When I call the professor; The dream of travel; When Rachel and I meet; One night I meet the professor; The professor tells me; One night in class; The Japanese businessmen; I know an American Woman; One night Nozaki and I; One night, all the bars in Matsumoto; The men in my country; The question with Amir; One morning I meet the professor; I saw an exhibit in a Chicago art museum |
| The professor continues callingI read about scientists; Amir continues calling; I live in the land of memory; One afternoon, all the men; I remember this; I meet the professor for coffee; I remember Nozaki in snapshots; He drives me home; Then it happens; I know a woman; Remembering is a way to keep someone near; When I tell the professor; If it had ended there?; In my remaining days; At Tokyo's Narita airport; For a long time; As time went on; The men in my country are long gone; Sometimes when I think of Japan; Acknowledgments | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A travel memoir offering an artful depiction of a very real place, The Men in My Country also covers the terrain of a complex emotional journey, tracing a geography of the heart, showing how we move to be moved, how in losing ourselves in a foreign place we can become dangerously-and gloriously-undone. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The men in my country |
| ISBN: | 1-58729-512-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777509403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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