Two of Japan's foremost contemporary cultural spokespersons met for an informal conversation with remarkable results. While their extended talk took place at a particular location at a particular moment in history, much of the content is timeless and universal. After popular acclaim in Japan, the transcript now makes its first appearance in English.
Table of Contents: Preface Foreword The First Night: How Do Stories Heal People? 1. The Meaning of Commitment 2. The Hanshin Earthquake and Emotional Trauma 3. Words or Images? 4. Answering Logically vs. Answering Compassionately 5. Things That Surprised Me after Becoming a Novelist 6. The Japanese Individual and the Underlying Threads of History 7. The Depth of Linguistic Differences 8. Things Are Starting to Heat Up 9. Self-Healing and Novels 10. Making Stories, Living Stories 11. Marriage and 'Well-digging' 12. Married Couples and Other People The Second Night: Dredging Up the Unconscious Body and Mind 13. Stories and the Body 14. The Relationship between a Work and Its Author 15. Stories as a Link between People 16. Beyond Cause and Effect 17. Curing and Living 18. Individuality and Universality 19. Religion and Psychotherapy 20. The Khalkhyn Gol Incident 21. Violence and Expression 22. Violence in Japanese Society 23. Pain and Nature 24. Where Are We Headed? Afterword
Two of Japan's foremost contemporary cultural spokespersons met for an informal conversation with remarkable results. While their extended talk took place at a particular location at a particular moment in history, much of the content is timeless and universal. After popular acclaim in Japan, the transcript now makes its first appearance in English.
Table of Contents: Preface Foreword The First Night: How Do Stories Heal People? 1. The Meaning of Commitment 2. The Hanshin Earthquake and Emotional Trauma 3. Words or Images? 4. Answering Logically vs. Answering Compassionately 5. Things That Surprised Me after Becoming a Novelist 6. The Japanese Individual and the Underlying Threads of History 7. The Depth of Linguistic Differences 8. Things Are Starting to Heat Up 9. Self-Healing and Novels 10. Making Stories, Living Stories 11. Marriage and 'Well-digging' 12. Married Couples and Other People The Second Night: Dredging Up the Unconscious Body and Mind 13. Stories and the Body 14. The Relationship between a Work and Its Author 15. Stories as a Link between People 16. Beyond Cause and Effect 17. Curing and Living 18. Individuality and Universality 19. Religion and Psychotherapy 20. The Khalkhyn Gol Incident 21. Violence and Expression 22. Violence in Japanese Society 23. Pain and Nature 24. Where Are We Headed? Afterword