Star of the Orient

[Roger Macy]

If you're in New York city tomorrow, you could ask him -
http://calendar.northjersey.com/new-york-ny/venues/show/510897-barnes-noble
His tour seems to be on the west coast later in the month and the paperback is launched in the UK on 1st November.  If anyone finds a link for the whole schedule, it would be helpful.
Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Faith Bach" <faithbach at yahoo.co.jp>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: Star of the Orient


> It sounds great!  Please note the book title is THE CHINA LOVER,  
> listed on Amazon(s) ISBN 1594201943, only in hardcover so far.
> .
> Faith Bach
> On Oct 5, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Aaron Gerow wrote:
> 
>> The New York Times Book Review has a review of Ian Buruma's new  
>> book Star of the Orient, a novel about Yamaguchi Yoshiko based in  
>> part on fact and part on fiction.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/books/review/Hammer-t.html? 
>> ei=5070&emc=eta1
>>
>> The book, the review says, shows how Buruma is "fascinated by the  
>> power of the cinema in Japanese history, both as a cultural  
>> touchstone and as a political tool used by conquering armies."
>>
>> A number of the characters are based on people we know (Sidney  
>> Vanoven is clearly Donald Richie) and it seems we could all play  
>> the game of trying to find out who is who.
>>
>> Has anyone read it yet?
>>
>>
>> Aaron Gerow
>> KineJapan owner
>>
>> Assistant Professor
>> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
>> Yale University
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