Donald Richie’s finest book.

Now back in print!

The Inland Sea

DONALD RICHIE

with an Introduction by Pico Iyer
and a new Afterword by the author

256 pp, 5 1/4 x 7 1/4", paper, 18 b&w photos
ISBN 1-880656-69-8, $16.95


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"Earns its place on the very short shelf of books on Japan that are of permanent value."
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

"An elegiac prose celebration . . . a classic in its genre."
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"A fascinating and subtle blend of travel book and autobiography."
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD

Sheltered between Japan’s major islands lies the Inland Sea, a place modernity passed by. In this classic travel memoir, Donald Richie embarks on a quest to find Japan’s timeless heart among the Inland Sea’s mysterious waters and forgotten islands. This edition features a wealth of new material, including an introduction by Pico Iyer, photographs from the award-winning Inland Sea PBS documentary, and a new afterword by Richie. First published in 1971, The Inland Sea is a lucid, tender voyage of discovery and self-revelation.

Donald Richie is the foremost authority on Japanese culture and cinema with 40+ books in print.

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