Critics' Opinion:
Readers' rating:
Published in USA
Sep 2006
192 pages
Genre: History, Science & Current Affairs
Publication Information
The world's second wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented, and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. Japan has the highest suicide rate and lowest birthrate of all industrialized countries and a rising incidence of untreated cases of depression. Even more troubling are the more than one million young men who shut themselves in their rooms, withdrawing from society, and the growing numbers of "parasite singles," the name given to single women who refuse to leave home, marry, or bear children.
Smart, unconventional, and politically controversial, Shutting Out The Sun is a bold explanation of Japan's stagnation and its implications for the rest of the world.
Click to the right or left of the sample to turn the page.
(If no book jacket appears in a few seconds, then we don't have an excerpt of this book or your browser is unable to display it)
"His inclusion of both small details and the big picture makes the book as intimate as it is revealing." - PW.
"Starred review. Nuanced reporting on a tradition-bound society struggling to find its way in the 21st century." - Kirkus.
The information about Shutting Out the Sun shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's online-magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high-profile books publishing in the coming weeks. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the reviews shown do not properly reflect the range of media opinion now available, please send us a message with the mainstream media reviews that you would like to see added.
Yale Needs Women
by Anne Gardiner Perkins
A tale of courage in the face of arrogance that remains eerily relevant on U.S. campuses today.
Reader Reviews
The Secrets We Kept
by Lara Prescott
Reese Witherspoon's Sept Book Club Pick!
"This is the rare page-turner with prose that’s as wily as its plot."—EW
Reader Reviews
A story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere.
About the book
How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pieces? Identify the suspect?
Visitors can view some of BookBrowse for free. Full access is for members only.
Your guide toexceptional books
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
Subscribe to receive some of our best reviews, "beyond the book" articles, book club info, and giveaways by email.
