{"product_id":"9784805317297","title":"The Best Japanese Short Stories","description":"Author: Lane Dunlop\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9784805317297\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Berkeley Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn anthology of the greatest stories by modern Japanese masters (including previously overlooked women writers)!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen distinct voices are assembled in this one-of-a-kind anthology tracing a nation\u0026amp;#x27;s changing social landscapes. Internationally renowned writers like Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Junichi Watanabe are joined by three notable women writers whose works have not yet received sufficient attention--Kanoko Okamoto, Fumiko Hayashi and Yumiko Kurahashi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighlights of this anthology include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKafu Nagai\u0026amp;#x27;s bittersweet portrait of a privileged family\u0026amp;#x27;s expiring existence in \u0026amp;quot;The Fox\u0026amp;quot;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngo Sakaguchi\u0026amp;#x27;s heartening celebration of postwar chaos in \u0026amp;quot;One Woman and the War\u0026amp;quot;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFumiko Hayashi\u0026amp;#x27;s unabashed exploration of female sexuality in \u0026amp;quot;Borneo Diamond\u0026amp;quot;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJunichi Watanabe\u0026amp;#x27;s chilling assessment of alienation and social dislocation in \u0026amp;quot;Invitation to Suicide\u0026amp;quot;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGishu Nakayama\u0026amp;#x27;s look at an out-of-place prostitute recovering at a hot-spring resort in \u0026amp;quot;Autumn Wind\u0026amp;quot;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough brilliant, highly-praised translations by Lane Dunlop, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Japanese Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e offers fascinating glimpses of a society embracing change while holding tenaciously onto the past. A new foreword by Alan Tansman provides insightful back stories about the authors and the literary backdrop against which they created these great works of modern world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Lane Dunlop\u0026amp;#x27;s translations read elegantly, and his selection of modern Japanese Stories is both fresh and persuasive.\u0026amp;#x27; - \u003cb\u003eDonald Keene,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJapanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46875664023710,"sku":"ADS-9784805317297","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9784805317297.jpg?v=1779755221","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9784805317297","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}