Bicycle Days
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AuthorJohn Burnham Schwartz
CoverartistScott Hunt
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSummit Books (US)
Heinemann (UK)
Heinemann (UK)
 First edition (US) | |
| Author | John Burnham Schwartz |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Scott Hunt |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Summit Books (US) Heinemann (UK) |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 255 |
| ISBN | 0-671-66600-2 |
Bicycle Days is the debut novel by American author John Burnham Schwartz published in 1989 on his 24th birthday.[1] It began as an undergraduate thesis for Harvard's Department of East Asian Studies and became a critically acclaimed bestseller. It was inspired by his time living in Japan.[2]
The book follows Alec Stern as he arrives in Tokyo, newly graduated from Yale. He starts a new job, living with a Japanese family; the book portrays his life in Japan as he adapts to the culture, made far easier by his ability to speak Japanese ...