{"product_id":"kissing-the-mask-beauty-understatement-and-femininity-in-japanese-noh-theater-9780061228490","title":"Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Intrepid journalist and novelist William T. Vollman's colossal body of work stands unsurpassed for its range, moral imperative, and artistry.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam T. Vollmann, the National Book Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eEurope Central, \u003c\/em\u003e offers a charming, evocative, and piercing examination of the ancient Japanese tradition of Noh theatre and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty. \u003cem\u003eKissing the Mask\u003c\/em\u003e is the first major book on Noh\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eby an American writer since the 1916 publication the classic study \u003cem\u003ePisan Cantos and the Noh \u003c\/em\u003eby Ezra Pound. But \u003cem\u003eKissing the Mask \u003c\/em\u003eis pure Vollman--illustrated with photos by the author with provocative related side-discussions on femininity, transgender, kabuki, pornography, geishas, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVollmann, William T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWilliam T. Vollmann is the author of seven novels, three collections of stories, and a seven-volume critique of violence, \u003cem\u003eRising Up and Rising Down\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003ePoor People\u003c\/em\u003e, a worldwide examination of poverty through the eyes of the impoverished themselves; \u003cem\u003eRiding Toward Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e, an examination of the train-hopping hobo lifestyle; and Imperial, a panoramic look at one of the poorest areas in America. He has won the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, a Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize and a Whiting Writers' Award. His journalism and fiction have been published in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e. Vollmann lives in Sacramento, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720887730450,"sku":"9780061228490","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ef04ad0-854f-4670-9c84-0959230a43d4.jpg?v=1762940477","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kissing-the-mask-beauty-understatement-and-femininity-in-japanese-noh-theater-9780061228490","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}