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THE PASSENGER
THE PASSENGER
For explorers of the world
Japan
Ghosts of th e Tsunami by Richard Lloyd Par ry • Living in Shim okitazawa by Yoshimoto
Banana • Why Is Japan Populist- free? by Ian Buruma • plus: a Shinto sect in the shad ow
of power, fleeing debts by disappe aring into thin air, the decline of sexual desire,
the obsession with A merican blues, the strong est sumo wrestler of all time (who isn’t
Japanese), the revenge of the Ainu and mu ch more …
Japan
“Some Japanese stories end
violently. Others never end at all,
but only cut away, at the moment
of extreme crisis, to a butterfly,
or the wind, or the moon.”
—from “Sea of Changes”
by Brian Phillips
• Non-fiction • Paperback
• 9781787702196 • 6.3 ×9.4 • 192 pages
• US $22.00/CAN $30.00 • Sales: W
Greece
“On the Greek island of Ikaria,
life is sweet… and very, very long.
What is the locals’ secret?”
—from “The Island of Long Life”
by Andrew Anthony
• Non-fiction • Paperback
• 9781787702189 • 6.3 ×9.4 • 192 pages
• US $22.00/CAN $30.00 • Sales: W
THE PASSENGER
For explorers of the world
Turkey
The Big Dig by Elif Batuma n • A Story of Dust and Lig ht by Burhan Sönmez • An Author
Recommends by Elif Shafak • pl us: the thirty-year coup and th e dam that is washing away
12,000 years of histor y, satirical cartoonists challengi ng power and people dreaming
of instant wealth, T V series that celebrate the past , rappers who criticise the present,
minorities who fear th e future and much more ...
THE PASSENGER
For explorers of the world
Brazil
Order and Pro gress? by Jon Lee Anderson • Prid e, Prejudice, and Funk by Alber to Riva
• I Was King of The R iver by Eliane Brum • Also: the road that dissects t he Amazon;
the TV tycoo n who shaped Brazilian histor y; the Neo-charismatic commu nity
that is winning the hear ts (and wallets) of Brazilians; Politicised samb a dancers, idealist
narcos, and much more…
Brazil
Order and Progress? by Jon Lee
Anderson - Pride, Prejudice,
and Funk by Alberto Riva
- I Was King of The River
by Eliane Brum, and much
more.
• Non-fiction • Paperback
• 978-1-78770-241-7 • 6.3 × 9.4
• 208 pages • US $22.00/CAN $27.00/UK
£18.99
Turkey
The Big Dig by Elif Batuman
- A Story of Dust and Light
Burhan Sönmez - An Author
Recommends by Elif Shafak -
plus: the thirty-year coup
and the dam that is washing
away 12,000 years of history,
and more.
On-sale: January 12, 2021 • Non-fiction
• Paperback • 978-1-78770-242-4
• 6.3 × 9.4 • 208 pages
• US $22.00/CAN $27.00/UK £18.99
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