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090    DS896.5|b.A5 2011 
100 1  Anderson, Tim. 
245 10 Tune in Tokyo :|bthe Gaijin diaries /|cTim Anderson. 
264  1 Las Vegas, NV :|bAmazonEncore,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    x, 266 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    Tim Anderson had the bravery to run away from everything 
       and selflessly seek out personal fulfillment on the other 
       side of the world where they don't understand anything and
       won't be expected to. Pushing thirty and working a string 
       of dead-end jobs,  he made the spontaneous decision to 
       pack his bags and move to Japan, "where my status as a 
       U.S. passport holder and card-carrying 'American English' 
       speaker was an asset rather than a liability." It was a 
       gutsy move, especially for a tall, white, gay outherner 
       who didn't speak a lick of Japanese. But his life 
       desperately needed a shot of adrenaline, and what better 
       way to get one than to leave behind everything he had ever
       known to move to "a tiny, overcrowded island heaving with 
       clever, sensibly proportioned people that make him look 
       fat?" In Tokyo, Tim became a "gaijin," an outsider whose 
       stumbling progression through Japanese culture is minutely
       chronicled in these sixteen howlingly funny stories. 
600 10 Anderson, Tim|vDiaries. 
650  0 Culture|xSocial life and customs|zJapan. 
994    02|bCKE