On familiar terms: to japan and back,...
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ON FAMILIAR TERMS: To Japan and Back, A Lifetime Across Cultures _ by Donald Keene (Kodansha: $14; 292 pp., illustrated). _ Donald Keene has done as much as any individual to interest
Americans in Japanese culture. In this warm, intellectual memoir, the noted author, scholar and translator recalls how an exceptional professor and the need for translators during World War
II led him to devote his life to Japanese literature. The most interesting passages describe his friendships with Yukio Mishima, Yasunari Kawabata, Kenzaburo Oe and other giants of 20th
century letters. MORE TO READ