Nicholas Hogg: Tokyo

Tokyo


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Channeling influences as diverse as James Salter, Don DeLillo, and Yukio Mishima, this is abewitching modern fable of memory, loss, love, and the search for belonging Social psychologist Ben Monroe has returned to Japan. After a failed marriage in America, he finds himself compelled to seek out his former lover, Kozue, desperate to make sense of their brief, passionate, and unresolved love affair. Mazzy, Ben s estranged16-year-old daughter, reluctantly flies from California to join her father in Tokyo. On the plane she sits next to a troubled Japanese man who tells her thefolk taleof Kaguyahime, the luminous night princess lost from the moon, and the men who became obsessed with her beauty. As the plane journey ends, the storyteller disappears. On the ground in Tokyo, Ben delves deeper into the Tokyo underworld, following the trail he hopes will lead him to Kozue. But Mazzy lives only for the present, angry at her father and determined to find herself in the city, yet unaware her every step is being watched by the storyteller, a cult survivor disturbed and adrift in the currents of the city. Both men are drawn towards the objects of their obsession and with it, towards their fate as past and present collide in Tokyo and beyond."

Framed within the context of the modern, everyday world, this book takes a refreshing, anecdotal stroll through the healing principles of Chinese medicine, looking at key acupoints for each week of the year. The author journeys through the seasons of the Five Elements and within them the physical, emotional and spiritual associations of key acupoints, exploring their names, functions, and intensely practical healing use in the real world. The acupoints range from the point that can help with your sense of smell, through to the Fire points Scholastic Discover More: The Elements free ebook that can help with a good sense of humour. With clear descriptions and images that express the spirit of the season, and photographs of the point locations, this book is perfect for anyone interested in a different view of the body and its healing relation to the seasons, as well as students and practitioners of Chinese medicine looking for deep and memorable insight into their work.


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Author: Nicholas Hogg
Number of Pages: 240 pages
Published Date: 01 Nov 2015
Publisher: Freight Books
Publication Country: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9781908885739
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