Review

Three books by polymath Roger Pulvers show his diverse skills as a raconteur

By Mark Thomas
June 20 2020 - 12:00am
  • My Japan; The Honey and the Fire; Peaceful Circumstances, by Roger Pulvers. Balestier Press.
Roger Pulvers has been the author of more than 45 books in Japanese and English as well as a playwright, theatre director, journalist and translator. Picture: Jamila Toderas
Roger Pulvers has been the author of more than 45 books in Japanese and English as well as a playwright, theatre director, journalist and translator. Picture: Jamila Toderas

At the back of these books Roger Pulvers is characterised as an author, playwright, translator, theatre and film director. Listing those five vocations under-states Pulvers' standing as a polymath, his skills as a raconteur and his evidently insatiable intellectual curiosity. Filled with learning, brio and wit, each of these three books attests to those attributes.

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