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October 26, 2007 02:42AM

"The Many Roads to Japan" tells the story of the adventures of a conscientious objector who had to follow many twists and turns in his life journey before finding his niche in Japan. Suitable for low intermediate level and above ESL and EFL students. An excellent resource for peace education studies, too.

"The Many Roads to Japan influenced my students a lot, not only in studying English but also in searching for their own identities and thinking about how to live their lives." -- Kazuyo Yamane, Peace Studies lecturer at Kochi University

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To order a trade paperback or PDF download copy of "The Many Roads to Japan," go to my bookstore. You can also order from Amazon.com and other online bookstores.

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Podcast Summary

Two books: (1) an ESL novella-textbook about a Vietnam War conscientious objector's 14-year search for identity and (2) an hallucinogenic mid-life crisis/adventure novel, and homage to Malcolm Lowry and Hermann Hesse.

About: Robert W. Norris

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I was born and raised in Humboldt County, California. In 1969, I entered the Air Force, subsequently became a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, and served time in a military prison for refusing to fight in the war. In my twenties, I roamed across the United States, went to Europe twice, and made one journey around the world. During that time, I worked as a millhand, construction laborer, stevedore, mailman, baker, saute cook, and oilrig steward.

I've lived and taught English in Japan since 1983. I'm the author of "Autumn Shadows in August," a mid-life crisis/adventure story and homage to Malcolm Lowry and Hermann Hesse; "Toraware," a novel about the obsessive relationship of three misfits from different cultural backgrounds in 1980s Kobe, Japan; "Looking for the Summer," the story of a Vietnam War conscientious objector's adventures and search for identity on the road from Paris to Calcutta in 1977; and "The Many Roads to Japan," a novella used as a textbook-reader in Japanese universities. I've also written several articles on teaching English as a foreign language. My wife and I live near Fukuoka, Japan, where I'm a professor at Fukuoka International University.