japan/ese book (novel) reccomendations

[kisu]

what are some ebglish language books that are about japan, japanese people culture and stuff...

eg. memoirs of a geisha

~kisu

[thomas]

I think there are two other threads that deal with "Memoirs of a Geisha" mentioning other books related to that genre. As for non-fiction, I would recommend to read Alex Kerr ("Lost Japan", "Dogs and Demons"), Ian Buruma, Mark Schilling, John Dower ("Embracing Defeat", "War Without Mercy"), to name just a few. It really depends on which aspect of Japan you are interested in.

:)