In the Province of the Gods (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)

Synopsis

A Disabled Foreigner In Japan--a Society Historically Hostile To Difference--kenny Fries Spins A Tale Of Exciting, Bewildering Adventure. As He Visits Japanese Gardens, Experiences Noh And Butoh, And Meets Artists And Scholars, He Also Discovers Disabled Gods, One-eyed Samurai, Blind Chanting Priests, And A-bomb Survivors. When He Is Diagnosed As Hiv-positive, All His Assumptions About Japan, The Body, And Mortality Are Shaken, And He Must Find A Way To Re-enter Life On New Terms. Part 1. Floating. Genkan -- Fortune -- Barrier Free -- Foreign Affairs -- Mono No Aware -- Physical Facts -- A Mountain Of Skulls And Candlelit Graves -- An Infected Throat And A Healing Tree -- Borrowing The Hills. Part 2. Away. Before -- After. Part 3. World. Survivals -- A Pair Of One-winged Birds -- History Being Created, Or What The Leech Child Says -- Rare And Uncommon Beings -- Bubbling Water -- My Japan -- Before And After -- Positive Effects -- New Stories In An Ancient Land -- Procession. Kenny Fries. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 197-198).