Finding the heart sutra, Kerr, Alex

Автор: Alex Kerr
Название: Lost Japan
ISBN: 0141979747 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141979748
Издательство: Random House
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Описание: Originally written in Japanese, this book offers an insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future.

Автор: Kerr, Alex,Sokol, Kathy Arlyn
Название: Another Kyoto
ISBN: 0141988339 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141988337
Издательство: Random House
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Описание: Another Kyoto is an insider's meditation on the hidden wonders of Japan's most enigmatic city. Drawing on decades living in Kyoto, and on lore gleaned from artists, Zen monks and Shinto priests, Alex Kerr illuminates the simplest things - a temple gate, a wall, a sliding door - in a new way. 'A rich book of intimate proportions ...

In Kyoto, facts and meaning are often hidden in plain sight. Kerr's gift is to make us stop and cast our eyes upward to a temple plaque, or to squint into the gloom of an abbot's chamber' Japan Times'Kerr and Sokol have performed a minor miracle by presenting that which is present in Kyoto as that which we have yet to see. I know that I will never pass a wall, or tread a floor, or sit on tatami the same way again' Kyoto Journal

Автор: Kerr, Alex
Название: Another Bangkok
ISBN: 0141987170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141987170
Издательство: Random House
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Описание: The essential book for anyone visiting Bangkok - a wonderful mixture of history and culture - from the author of Lost Japan

One of Asia's most extraordinary cities, Bangkok is also one of the most baffling. It is filled with remarkable people and glittering golden palaces and temples, but is also a maze of concrete and twisting overhead utility wires. Alex Kerr has spent over thirty years of his life living in Bangkok and is uniquely qualified to write about it. As with his bestselling books on Japan (Lost Japan and Another Kyoto), he revels in the secret, tucked-away corners, the great contemporary artists and the sheer wonder of so many aspects of Thai dance and design. While deploring the loss of much of old Bangkok, he is never merely nostalgic for a past but finds inspiration in Thailand's dynamic modern fusions.

Another Bangkok will delight both those who think they know the city well and those visiting for the first time. Kerr is a uniquely wry and eloquent guide to everything from ceramics to puppetry, from flower patterns to old houses.

Автор: Kerr, Alex
Название: The Heart Sutra
ISBN: 0241355664 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241355664
Издательство: Random House
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Автор: Kerr Alex
Название: Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan
ISBN: 0809039435 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780809039432
Издательство: Macmillan USA
Цена: 1839.00 р.
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Описание: A surprising assessment of the failures and successes of modern Japan.
In "Dogs and Demons," Alex Kerr chronicles the many facets of Japan's recent, and chronic, crises -- from the failure of its banks and pension funds to the decline of its once magnificent modern cinema. He is the first to give a full report on the nation's endangered environment -- its seashores lined with concrete, its roads leading to nowhere in the mountains -- as well as its "monument frenzy," the destruction of old cities such as Kyoto and construction of drab new ones, and the attendant collapse of its tourist industry. Kerr writes with humor and passion, for "passion," he says, "is part of the story. Millions of Japanese feel as heartbroken at what is going on as I do. My Japanese friends tell me, 'Please write this -- for us.'"