Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
Learning to Bow has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books ever written about the clash of cultures between America and Japan. With warmth and candor, Bruce Feiler recounts the year he spent as a teacher in a small rural town. Beginning with a ritual outdoor bath and culminating in an all-night trek to the top of Mt. Fuji, Feiler teaches his students about American culture, while they teach him everything from how to properly address an envelope to how to...
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Learning to Bow has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books ever written about the clash of cultures between America and Japan. With warmth and candor, Bruce Feiler recounts the year he spent as a teacher in a small rural town. Beginning with a ritual outdoor bath and culminating in an all-night trek to the top of Mt. Fuji, Feiler teaches his students about American culture, while they teach him everything from how to properly address an envelope to how to date a Japanese girl. Publishers Weekly Feiler offers a humorous take on the year he spent teaching in Japan, and on Japanese culture in general. (Sept.)
\ James Fallows"A hilarious and revealing book [that] marks the debut of a formidable talent."\ \ \ \ \ Robert Elegant"A charming and incisive close-up of the most important part of the Japanese miracle- the making of a Japanese."\ \ \ Atlanta Journal-Constitution"A refreshingly original look at Japan…this book is a revelation."\ \ \ \ \ Business Tokyo"An engaging book, Learning to Bow earns higher marks than the usual scholarly analysis."\ \ \ \ \ Elle"Mark Salzman fans and other aficionados of things Eastern will love…Bruce Feiler’s Learning to Bow."\ \ \ \ \ Washington Post"Always fascinating and often funny…one of those rare books that shows the Japanese as fully rounded human beings."\ \ \ \ \ Rocky Mountain News"Gems of insight and understanding."\ \ \ \ \ Seattle Post-Intelligencer"Filled with rich anecdotes that tell far more than dry, academic tomes on the same subject."\ \ \ \ \ Grand Rapids Press"As fascinating an account of Japanese life as you could find anywhere…Don’t miss this one."\ \ \ \ \ Washington Post“Always fascinating and often funny…one of those rare books that shows the Japanese as fully rounded human beings.”\ \ \ \ \ Atlanta Journal-Constitution“A refreshingly original look at Japan…this book is a revelation.”\ \ \ \ \ Rocky Mountain News“Gems of insight and understanding.”\ \ \ \ \ Elle“Mark Salzman fans and other aficionados of things Eastern will love…Bruce Feiler’s Learning to Bow.”\ \ \ \ \ Seattle Post-Intelligencer“Filled with rich anecdotes that tell far more than dry, academic tomes on the same subject.”\ \ \ \ \ Grand Rapids Press“As fascinating an account of Japanese life as you could find anywhere…Don’t miss this one.”\ \ \ \ \ Business Tokyo“An engaging book, Learning to Bow earns higher marks than the usual scholarly analysis.”\ \ \ \ \ Publishers WeeklyFeiler offers a humorous take on the year he spent teaching in Japan, and on Japanese culture in general. (Sept.)\ \
