- Japan, Travel, Culture
From YouTube sensation Chris Broad, the hilarious and insightful memoir of a Brit trying assimilate into life in Japan as he unravels the wonders and eccentricities of one of the world's most mysterious cultures. When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?
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Contemporary, classical in form, comic and effortless.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Chris Broad
- First published
- 2023
- Publisher
- Transworld Digital, Transworld Publishers Limited, Penguin Books, Limited
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781787637078
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