{"product_id":"things-become-other-things-a-walking-memoir-hardcover","title":"Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig Mod\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA transformative 300-mile walk along Japan's ancient pilgrimage routes and through depopulating villages inspires a heartrending remembrance of a long-lost friend, documented in poignant, imaginative prose and remarkable photography.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An epic, exquisitely detailed journey, on foot, through a rural Japan few of us are likely to experience. Uniquely unforgettable.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Gibson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Neuromancer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhotographer and essayist Craig Mod is a veteran of long solo walks. But in 2021, during the pandemic shutdown of Japan's borders, one particular walk around the Kumano Kodō routes--the ancient pilgrimage paths of Japan's southern Kii Peninsula--took on an unexpectedly personal new significance. Mod found himself reflecting on his own childhood in a post-industrial American town, his experiences as an adoptee, his unlikely relocation to Japan at nineteen, and his relationship with one lost friend, whose life was tragically cut short after their paths diverged. For Mod, the walk became a tool to bear witness to a quiet grace visible only when \"you're bored out of your skull and the miles left are long.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing a 300-mile-long journey, \u003ci\u003eThings Become Other Things\u003c\/i\u003e folds together history, literature, poetry, Shinto and Buddhist spirituality, and contemporary rural life in Japan via dozens of conversations with aging fishermen, multi-generational inn owners, farmers, and kissaten cafe \"mamas.\" Along the way, Mod communes with mountain fauna, marvels over evidence of bears and boars, and hopscotches around leeches. He encounters whispering priests and foul-mouthed little kids who ask him, \"Just what the heck are you, anyway?\" Through sharp prose and his curious archive of photographs, he records evidence of floods and tsunamis, the disappearance of village life on the peninsula, and the capricious fecundity of nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings Become Other Things\u003c\/i\u003e blends memoir and travel writing at their best, transporting readers to an otherwise inaccessible Japan, one made visible only through Mod's unique bicultural lens.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Mod \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, photographer, and walker living in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eThings Become Other Things\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKissa by Kissa\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of the newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has contributed to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 8.55 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44802591457382,"sku":"9780593732540","price":39.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MSwwevxo0l9780593732540.webp?v=1771358563","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/things-become-other-things-a-walking-memoir-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}