The Missionary and the Libertine. Love and War in East and West

by Ian Buruma

A$26 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

London. Faber and Faber. 1996. Stock ID #212766 xxiii + 308pp, bibliography, contents browned, dustjacket little shelf worn, very good hardback copy. Collection of essays by Ian Buruma discussing how Westerners have been attracted and repelled by Asian sensuality. He explores the nature of Japanese sexuality in movies, and the erotic dreams of young girls in Banana Yoshimoto's work. He examines the cultural confusion

• Binding: Hardcover

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