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NYT Books and Literature

Why Japan Is Best Experienced By Foot

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

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NYT Books and Literature

Why Japan Is Best Experienced By Foot

NYT Books and Literature

How Impermanence Became Central to Japanese Thought

Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.

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NYT Books and Literature

How Impermanence Became Central to Japanese Thought

NYT Books and Literature

How Japanese Superfans Redefined What It Means to Be Obsessed

Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture.

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NYT Books and Literature

How Japanese Superfans Redefined What It Means to Be Obsessed

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Fair Play,’ by Louise Hegarty

Louise Hegarty’s novel, “Fair Play,” nods to classic 1920s detective fiction, with a twist.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Fair Play,’ by Louise Hegarty

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Gabriele,’ by Anne Berest and Claire Berest

“Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Gabriele,’ by Anne Berest and Claire Berest

NYT Books and Literature

Herbert J. Gans, 97, Dies; Upended Myths on Urban and Suburban Life

A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees.

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NYT Books and Literature

Herbert J. Gans, 97, Dies; Upended Myths on Urban and Suburban Life

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Literaturempfehlungen: Was kluge Köpfe lesen, um die Welt gerade besser zu verstehen

Dystopie, Sachbuch, Kafka: Wir haben sieben Autorinnen, Wissenschaftler und Philosophen gebeten, uns zu verraten, was sie lesen – um den eigenen Blick scharf zu stellen.

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Zeit Literatur

Literaturempfehlungen: Was kluge Köpfe lesen, um die Welt gerade besser zu verstehen

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