The Book of Tea By Kakuzō Okakura Book cover type:Paperback But a strange thing happens

But a strange thing happens on the way to the wedding night

attraction wars violently with disgust within him

especially if you’re in the book like I am’ – Steve Martin

In a series of interlinking aphorisms which are at once pessimistic

'Irreverent

The Book of Tea By Kakuzō Okakura Book cover type:Paperback But a strange thing happensPublished: 30 09 2010 Genres: Nonfiction Philosophy Japan Classics History Tea Japanese Literature For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere, socially aristocratic, and imbued with spirituality. The Book of Tea was originally written in English and sought to address the inchoate yearnings of disaffected