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A collection of articles that survey the full scope of Asian history, discussing major historical events and periods from Bronze Age China to modern India, looking at the geography of the continent, profiling over 1,200 influential men and women, and examining aspects of Asian culture and society.
Dist. for the asia society galleries. auth: chula-longkorn univ, bangkok. exhib.cat.
Winner of the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2020 How does a sushi bar explain a Japanese poem? Why do Japanese couples plan matching outfits for their honeymoon? Why are so many things in Japan the opposite of what we expect? After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer knows the country as few others can. In A Beginner's Guide to Japan, he dashes from baseball games to love-hotels and from shopping malls to zen temple gardens to find fresh ways of illuminating his adopted home. Playful and surreptitiously profound, this is a guidebook to a Japan few have ever seen before. 'Rarely in any writing on Japan is provocation so elegantly and surgically performed' Financial Times
ng, this is a truly transporting - and indeed irresistible - work of fiction.' Chang-rae Lee, author of 'Aloft'.
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Featuring approximately 40 artists and artist groups, the first Asia Society Triennial reflects the diversity of contemporary art from Asia and the diaspora Produced for the inaugural edition of the Triennial, this fully illustrated catalog documents the exhibition in stunning detail through critical essays and works by over 40 contemporary Asian and Asian American artists and artist groups spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Launched in 2020 by Asia Society, the Triennial is a festival of art, ideas and innovation. The first initiative of its kind in the United States, the Asia Society Triennial is an ambitious recurring multivenue, multimedia initiative across New York City with an exhibition of contemporary arts at its center. The catalog provides a unique forum for engagement with the rich tapestry of Asian cultures that make up a significant, yet historically underexplored and underrepresented demographic within New York City.
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