Kometani (58 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First US Edition. Price sticker remains on dj.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Wasabi for Breakfast" reintroduces best-selling Japanese author Foumiko Kometani's uniquely humorous voice to American readers. Kometani is rare among Japanese writers and cultural commentators in that she has lived in the United States for most of her adult life, bringing an outsider's--and woman's--perspective to both her adopted home and her native Japan. She lives her life in between cultures, and mines that gap to provide a thoroughly modern take on both societies.In "Family Business," Megumi, a long time resident of the United States, returns to Japan to visit her 87-year-old mother. After so many years living abroad, Megumi is almost as befuddled by the exotic intricacies of contemporary Japan as a foreigner. When her nephew runs away from home, and her elderly mother gives chase, Megumi sets off on a road trip through modern Japan--and her own past."1001 Raging Fires" chronicles a Japanese woman living in California during the Rodney King riots and struggling to come to terms with being an outcast from a society that itself seems to be self-immolating. Yu learns the real price of exclusion is that which your own family makes you pay. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. 1st US edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Text in English & Japanese. Spine slightly cocked, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First American Edition. 148 pp. Two novellas - "Passover" and "A Guest from Afar." Translated from the Japanese by the author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. First American Edition. Publisher: Carroll & Graf, New York, NY, 1989.First US Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As new. Unread. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good in Dustjacket. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1989. Carroll & Graf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0881845094. Winner Of Japan's Akutagawa Award. Translated from the Japanese by The Author. 148 pages. hardcover. keywords: Asia Japan Literature Translated Women World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Contain two novellas - 'Passover' and 'A Guest from Afar.' Winner of the Japan's 1986 Akutagawa Award. These two linked novellas concern Michi, a Japanese woman with a brain-damaged son, Ken, and her husband Al, a Jewish writer, and mother of a brain- damaged son, Ken. inventory #12752. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Wasabi for Breakfast reintroduces best-selling Japanese author Foumiko Kometani's uniquely humorous voice to American readers. Kometani is rare among Japanese writers and cultural commentators in that she has lived in the United States for most of her adult life, bringing an outsider's--and woman's--perspective to both her adopted home and her native Japan. She lives her life in between cultures, and mines that gap to provide a thoroughly modern take on both societies. In Family Business, Megumi, a long time resident of the United States, returns to Japan to visit her 87-year-old mother. After so many years living abroad, Megumi is almost as befuddled by the exotic intricacies of contemporary Japan as a foreigner. When her nephew runs away from home, and her elderly mother gives chase, Megumi sets off on a road trip through modern Japan--and her own past. 1001 Raging Fires chronicles a Japanese woman living in California during the Rodney King riots and struggling to come to terms with being an outcast from a society that itself seems to be self-immolating. Yu learns the real price of exclusion is that which your own family makes you pay. "Originally published in Japanese as Family Business by Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1998"--T.p. verso. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Collectable, very good. 1st. Book and jacket almost like new. Brown and purple hardcover, 1989, Carroll & Graf, 1st edition/printing. Book as new except upper page edges lightly soiled by dust, no marks or writing. Dust jacket not price-clipped (14.95), very light foxing along upper edge of reverse side. Very nice condition! **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. New York: Carroll & Graf [1989]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very fine/very fine in all respects. A pristine unread copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. F4000.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 202 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Condizione: Bon. Livre reconditionné de bibliothèque. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Refurbished library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

Softcover. Condizione: Bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. 148p., first edition, very good condition in an unclipped dj with a sticker shadow on the front panel. Two novellas by the Japanese American author, one about a Japanese woman who immigrates to America and marries a Jewish man, the other about a family raising a child with brain damage.

Condizione: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 202 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. In English.

Condizione: New. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280. . 2013. Reprint. Paperback. . . . .

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed and dated in year of publication in english and japanese by author on front free end page, "Millicent Best Wishes Foumiko Kometani Nov. 14, 1989" First edition stated. 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 Book; binding tight, two mild bumps to bottom edge with soil speck to rear board else boards straight and clean; faint soiling to edges else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($14.95) has mild rubbing with minor bumping to mostly top front cover and top spine, several red pen dots to inside only rear flap. Color vibrant. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First American Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First American Edition (stated). Two short novels which won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa literary prize, translated into English by the author: 'Passover' presenting the life of a young women marrying an American Jew in order to escape the strictures of Japanese customary marriage, only to find the strictures and formalities of Judaism even more stifling. 'A Guest From Afar' portraying the heartbreak of a family struggling to care for a brain-damaged child day in and day out and all the emotional pain that ensues. Hardcover with dust jacket, 148pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…