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Kenny Fries embarks on a journey of profound self-discovery as a disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to difference. As he visits gardens, experiences Noh and butoh, and meets artists and scholars, he also discovers disabled gods, one-eyed samurai, blind chanting priests, and A-bomb survivors. When he is diagnosed as HIV positive, all his assumptions about Japan, the body, and mortality are shaken, and he must find a way to reenter life on new terms.
Contents
Prologue: In the Province of the Gods
. Floating
One: Genkan
Two: Fortune
Three: Barrier Free
Four: Foreign Affairs
Five: Mono no Aware
Six: Physical Facts
Seven: A Mountain of Skulls and Candlelit Graves
Eight: An Infected Throat and a Healing Tree
Nine: Borrowing the Hills
II. Away
One: Before
Two: After
III. World
One: Survivals
Two: A Pair of One-Winged Birds
Three: History Being Created, or What the Leech Child Says
Four: Rare and Uncommon Beings
Five: Bubbling Water
Six: My Japan
Seven: Before and After
Eight: Positive Effects
Nine: New Stories in an Ancient Land
Epilogue: Procession
Acknowledgments
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