IN THE PROVINCE OF THE GODS

Klappentext A disabled foreigner in Japan! a society historically hostile to difference! Kenny Fries finds himself on a journey of profound self-discovery. As he visits gardens! experiences Noh and butoh! and meets artists and scholars! he discovers disabled gods! one-eyed samurai! blind chanting priests! and atomic bomb survivors. When he is diagnosed as HIV positive! all his assumptions about Japan! the body! and mortality are shaken! requiring him to find a way to reenter life on new terms.

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Kenny Fries is the author of Body, Remember: A Memoir and The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory. He is the editor of Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Goddard College and is the recipient of a prestigious Creative Capital grant.

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An American's journey of profound self-discovery in Japan, and an exquisite tale of cultural and physical difference, sexuality, love, loss, mortality, and the ephemeral nature of beauty and art.