In the Province of the Gods

Kenny Fries (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2017
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-31420-0 (ISBN)

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A disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to difference, Kenny Fries finds himself on a journey of profound self-discovery. As he visits gardens, experiences Noh and butoh, and meets artists and scholars, he discovers disabled gods, one-eyed samurai, blind chanting priests, and atomic bomb survivors. When he is diagnosed as HIV positive, all his assumptions about Japan, the body, and mortality are shaken, requiring him to find a way to reenter life on new terms.

Kenny Fries is the author of Body, Remember: A Memoir and The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory. He is the editor of Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Goddard College and is the recipient of a prestigious Creative Capital grant.

Prologue: In the Province of the Gods
I. Floating
One: Genkan
Two: Fortune
Three: Barrier Free
Four: Foreign Affairs
Five: Mono no Aware
Six: Physical Facts
Seven: A Mountain of Skulls and Candlelit Graves
Eight: An Infected Throat and a Healing Tree
Nine: Borrowing the Hills
II. Away
One: Before
Two: After
III. World
One: Survivals
Two: A Pair of One-Winged Birds
Three: History Being Created, or What the Leech Child Says
Four: Rare and Uncommon Beings
Five: Bubbling Water
Six: My Japan
Seven: Before and After
Eight: Positive Effects
Nine: New Stories in an Ancient Land
Epilogue: Procession
Acknowledgments
Suggested Readings

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies
Verlagsort	Wisconsin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Reiseführer ► Asien ► Japan
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-299-31420-0 / 0299314200
ISBN-13	978-0-299-31420-0 / 9780299314200
Zustand	Neuware