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Ken Murai is a young officer in the Japanese ministry of finance who one day discovers a plot by one of his superiors to organize a group, known as the Kyoto List, of corrupt officials, bankers, businessmen, and journalists from the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Paints a portrait of a twelve-year-old boy named Julian growing up in a mining community in 1960s Germany. This book covers only a few summer weeks, following Julian's gradual social and sexual awakening amidst his parents' financial and marital problems.

The Austrian playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) is acknowledged as one of the major writers of our time. This collection includes seven stories that capture Bernhard's distinct darkly comic voice and vision - often compared to Kafka and Musil - commenting on a corrupted world.

A study of the Bengali gajan festival dedicated to Dharmaraj, a village god in the Rarh region of Bengal. It explains that one of the most fascinating aspects of the gajan is its approach to gender. It is of interest to scholars of South Asian religions, folklore, and gender studies.

Over the centuries, observances of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, have traveled far from their origins at Karbala. This title describes many of the Muharram rituals that were exported to other lands over time. It explores the social, political, cultural, artistic, and religious significance of Muharram rituals.

Circuses provide surreal, fantastic entertainment. At times magical and at others chilling, the circus is a world of fantasy and spectacle for the viewer, but for the performer, a career in the circus often brings with it a nomadic, lonely life. This title captures the images of circus girls, photographs which evoke this sense of darkness.

Deals with many of the author's most important ideas concerning the significance of language and the relationship between the technological and the social.