Hans Brinckmann: 2 books

A widowed water bird in an Amsterdam canal abandoned villages flitting fitfully by as he rides the Eurostar to Paris the sun, averse to setting, extending the you-filled day such are the diverse sources of inspiration for Brinckmanns poetry. Unconstrained by locale or subject matter, his lines...

Japan's momentous Showa era began in 1926, when Emperor Hirohito ascended the throne, and ended with his death in 1989. This was a tumultuous period in modern Japanese history—a time of great disaster and tremendous triumph for Japan. This book focuses on the post-war period in Japan when...