{"product_id":"2026600000722-secondhand-the-actors-an-image-of-the-new-japan","title":"The Actors: An Image Of The New Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vivid work of literary non-fiction, The Actors: An Image of the New Japan chronicles Australian writer Hal Porter's sharp-eyed observations of post-war Japan, a nation caught between ancient tradition and rapid modernization. With the keen sensibility of a novelist and the precision of a cultural critic, Porter presents a Japan of contradictions — a society performing its own reinvention on a grand, theatrical stage. His prose is richly stylized and often sardonic, capturing the textures of daily Japanese life, from its social rituals and aesthetic sensibilities to the tensions simmering beneath a polished surface. The result is an intimate and intellectually provocative portrait that illustrates how a defeated nation reconstructed not just its cities, but its very identity for the watching world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48750326644955,"sku":"2026600000722-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d08b159b-8dc6-45c3-8ca3-b266b4999477.png?v=1778094284","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000722-secondhand-the-actors-an-image-of-the-new-japan","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}