Kenny Fries embarks on a journey of profound self-discovery as a disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to difference. As he visits gardens, experiences Noh and butoh, and meets artists and scholars, he also discovers disabled gods, one-eyed samurai, blind chanting priests, and A-bomb survivors. When he is diagnosed as HIV positive, all his assumptions about Japan, the body, and mortality are shaken, and he must find a way to reenter life on new terms.
- | Author: Kenny Fries
- | Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 19, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 216 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
- | ISBN-10: 0299314200
- | ISBN-13: 9780299314200
