In this spellbinding account of three World War Two collaborators, prize-winning historian Ian Buruma examines questions of truth as he investigates their complex and tangled lives.
Ian Buruma's moving and powerful story of his grandparents' enduring love through the terror and separation of two world wars.
For eight years the president of the United States was a born-again Christian, backed by well-organized evangelicals who often seemed intent on... Læs mere
Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970s.
When Sidney Vanoven is sent to occupied Japan, in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, it is his dream posting. By day, he works in the censor's office watching Japanese films; at night he immerses himself in the sensual pleasures of Tokyo.
Ian Buruma approaches China through the stories of its dissidents: ordinary, brave people who oppose a regime that uses repression in the name of... Læs mere
This stunning work of precision, intelligence and humanity is now available in paperback.
Ian Buruma's moving and powerful story of his grandparents' enduring love through the terror and separation of two world wars.
Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970s.
'A Japanese Mirror is what the tourist who wants to see the real Japan - "through the looking glass" - should pack in his flight-bag.' TLS
'Ian Buruma's wonderful book is about a time, immediately after the end of the war, which has somehow fallen between the cracks of history, and which the author has now devastatingly brought to light... A compelling and astounding addition to the literature of the war' Daily Mail
In Wages of Guilt, Ian Buruma explores the duplicity of feeling towards World War II amongst the people of two very different participant countries: Germany and Japan. 'A comparative study of great subtlety and intelligence' Spectator