Bells Of Old Tokyo

Name: Bells Of Old Tokyo
Brand: Pan Macmillan

Pan Macmillan

As read on BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'\nShortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award\nLonglisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize\n'A completely extraordinary book . . . Delicately wrought, precise, lucid and strange as a dream' - Olivia Laing, author of The Garden Against Time\nFor over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo, later known as Tokyo, relied on its public bells to tell the time. In her remarkable book, Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and\n\nThe Bells of Old Tokyo\nTravels in Japanese Time\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the p;