After the notable success of the first book "The life and its torrents - Ana. In Europe around 1920," it is a great pleasure to present this remarkable second book, written by the well-regarded writer Sophia Dediu. This book is a marvelous introduction to the very complex, fascinating and not yet well-known country and culture of Japan. It is an information-rich book, which gives a powerful new image of Japan and of its mysteries, with a language which is clear, direct, gentle, and sometimes philosophical, and it will have, together with the first book, a distinctive place in the English literary environment.