Between the Eagle and the Sun: Traces of Japan

by Ihab Hassan

Book Overview

An invitation to voyage east leads Ihab Hassan to reflect on his origins in Egypt, on his home in America, and on his host country, Japan. Part memoir, part cultural perception, Between the Eagle and the Sun records a journey, echoing the "wanderers of eternity." The result is not a book about "them," some alien people living on a distant island, but rather a book about the author himself, living among others, living and seeing himself sometimes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817308199
• ISBN13: 9780817308193
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"