September Book Group: All things Japanese

This September (Wednesday 12 September at 6pm) the book group will be looking at books that reveal Japanese culture. A special list of books held by Manly Library has been prepared and is available is the library, or you can email fran.inkster[at]manly.nsw.gov.au for an electronic version. This booklist tries to give an insight into Japanese culture, through fiction and non-fiction works. The emphasis is on current Japanese culture, with a look at some of the elements that have made the Japanese what they are today. Items relating to World War 2 have not been included. Some items illustrating the Japanese influence, or the Japanese in other countries have been included.

Suggested items (with Manly Library call numbers) include:

Non-fiction ;
Addiss, Stephen, 1935-
A Haiku menagerie : living creatures in poems and prints
New York : Weatherhill, 1992.
895.6104/ADD

Addiss, Stephen, 1935-
How to look at Japanese art / Stephen Addiss ; with a chapter on gardens by Audrey Yoshiko Seo.
New York : Abrams, 1996.
709.52/ADD

Bringing home the sushi : an inside look at Japanese business through Japanese comics.
Atlanta, Ga. : Mangajin, 1995.
658.8/BRI

Buisson, Dominique.
Japan unveiled : understanding Japanese body culture
London : Hachette Illustrated, 2003.
391.0952/BUI

Chambers, Veronica.
Kickboxing geishas : how modern Japanese women are changing their nation
New York : Free Press, 2007.
305.40952/CHA

For fiction try these authors:
Eisler, Barry.
Endo, Shusaku.
Fast, Howard, 1914-
Guterson, David.
Hoyt, Richard 1941-
Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972
Kikuchi, Hideyuki.
Lockwood, Cara.
Massey, Sujata.
Mori, Kyoko.
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
Otsuka, Julie, 1962-
Suzuki, Koji.
Tanizaki, Junichiro, 1886-1965
Trobaugh, Augusta.
Yamada, Taichi.
Yoshikawa, Mako.
Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964-
Yoshimura, Akira, 1927-
Yu, Miri, 1968-