The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0199583196 ISBN 13: 9780199583195

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2010

Riassunto

This collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan's modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the first writings to assimilate and rework Western literary traditions, through the flourishing of the short story genre in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the Taisho era, to the new breed of writers produced under the constraints of literary censorship, and the current writings reflecting the pitfalls and paradoxes of modern life, this anthology offers a stimulating survey of the development of the Japanese short story.

Various indigenous traditions, in addition to those drawn from the West, recur throughout the stories: stories of the self, of the Water Trade (Tokyo's nightlife of geishas and prostitutes), of social comment, love and obsession, legends and fairytales. This collection includes the work of two Nobel prize-winners: Kawabata and Oe, the talented women writers Hirabayashi, Euchi, Okamoto, and Hayashi, together with the acclaimed Tanizaki, Mishima, and Murakami.

The introduction by Theodore Goossen gives insight into these exotic and enigmatic, sometimes disturbing stories, derived from the lyrical roots of Japanese literature with its distinctive stress on atmosphere and beauty.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Theodore Goossen is Professor of Japanese at York University, Ontario. A talented translator, he is well-acquainted with the contemporary Japanese literary scene, and editor of Descant, a Japanese literary journal.

Contenuti:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Mori Ogai: Sansho the Steward
• Natsume Soseki: The Third Night
• Kunikida Doppo: The Bonfire
• Higuchi Ichiyo: Separate Ways
• Nagai Kafu: The Peony Garden
• Shiga Naoya: Night Fires
• Tanizaki Jun'Ichiro: Aguir
• Satomi Ton: Blowfish
• Okamoto Kanoko: Portrait of an Old Geisha
• Akutagawa Ryunosuke: In a Grove
• Miyazawa Kenji: The Bears of Nametoko
• Yokomitsu Riichi: Spring Riding in a Carriage
• Ibuse Masuji: Carp
• Kawabata Yasunari: The Izu Dancer
• Kajii Motojiro: Lemon
• Hayashi Fumiko: The Accordian and the Fish Town
• Enchi Fumiko: The Flower-Eating Crone
• Hirabayashi Taiko: Blind Chinese Soldiers
• Sakaguchi Ango: In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom
• Inoue Yasushi: Passage to Fudaraku
• Dazai Osamu: Merry Christmas
• Nakajima Atsushi: The Expert
• Kojima Nobuo: The Rifle
• Endo Shusaku: Unzen
• Abe Kobe: The Bet
• Yoshiyuki Junnosuke: Three Policemen
• Mishima Yukio: Onnagata
• Kono Taeko: Toddler-hunting
• Mukoda Kuniko: Mr Carp
• Kaiko Takeshi: The Duel
• Oe Kenzaburo: Prize Stock
• Tsushima Yuko: A Very Strange, Enchanted Boy
• Murakami Haruki: The Elephant Vanishes
• Shimada Masahiko: Desert Dolphin
• Yoshimoto Banana: Dreaming of Kimchee
• Biographical Notes
• Filmography
• Publisher's Acknowledgements

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199583196
• ISBN 13: 9780199583195
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 496
• Redattore: Goossen Theodore W.