Bøger af Hans Brinckmann

Peter dreams of life with a camera, but his father doubts he has the toughness required to be a professional photographer, and pushes him instead into a more sensible profession: international banking. Twenty-five years later, dramatic events lead Peter to sacrifice his stable career and family for a photographer's life - in New York. A vicious attack, however, disrupts his first success, leaving him to wonder how he will ever reconcile with a stubborn father with whom he's never seen eye-to-eye.

Part personal memoir, part socio-cultural commentary, The Call of Japan chronicles the author's experiences of 40 years' living in Japan, from 1950 to 2003 as a banker and writer. The book comments on the country's economic, political and cultural realities during the crucial early years of post-war reconstruction and more recent times.