false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173224840m/260944.jpg 260944 5 <p><i>Learning to Bow</i> has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books ever written about the clash of cultures between America and Japan. With warmth and candor, Bruce Feiler recounts the year he spent as a teacher in a small rural town. Beginning with a ritual outdoor bath and culminating in an all-night trek to the top of Mt. Fuji, Feiler teaches his students about American culture, while they teach him everything from how to properly address an envelope to how to date a Japanese girl.</p> 2536303 1991 Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan total:281|5:50|4:110|3:91|2:29|1:1| 281 1022 453 56 3 2 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 12:08:16 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 20:38:26 -0800 2009 1
Part of my problem with this book is the fact that I'm on my fifth year in Japan, whereas the...more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 09:01:42 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 09:09:53 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 08:47:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:00:51 -0700 2009
Feiler has a keen sense of observation, as well as insight into cultural differences and similarities. This book -- although now written about 20 years ago, still provides a delightful look at Japan through the eyes of a westerner wh...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 16:20:08 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 16:22:33 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jun 09 20:48:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 20:50:48 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 12:09:31 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 08:30:46 -0800 2009 Learning to Bow is Bruce Feiler's entertaining account of his year teaching English in Japan. Having just returned from a year in Asia myself, it was easy to relate to his culture shock stories. Learning to Bow also contains very interesting discussions of the Japanese education system and the dif...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 15:18:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:10:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 02:09:19 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 02:17:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu May 08 07:48:35 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 16:13:14 -0700 2008 Learning to Bow was one of a handful of books that was assigned to me as required pre-reading. What a terrific book to read as an introduction to teaching English as a foreigner in Japan!

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