Botchan Eric Bronson The Power of People shares

The Power of People shares their journeys―and their indispensable insights

" ― San Francisco Chronicle In her most famous novel

the battles they fought

Unbeknownst to him

Bipolar disorder--manic depression--was once thought to be rare in children

Botchan Eric Bronson The Power of People sharesLike The Catcher in the Rye or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Botchan, a hilarious tale about a young man's rebellion against "the system" in a country school, is a classic of its kind. Among Japanese readers both young and old it has enjoyed a timeless popularity, making it, according to Donald Keene, "probably the most widely read novel in modern Japan."The setting is Japan's deep south, where the author himself spent some time teaching English