The Straw Sandal - or The Scroll of the Hundred Crabs (Mukashi-banashi Inazuma-byoshi) (Hardcover)

Carmen Blacker's spirited translation of Santo Kyoden's Mukashi-banashi inazuma byooshi (from which the title 'The Straw Sandal' is taken), considered by Aston to be his masterpiece, reveals a multi-layered and fascinating tale of revenge - Japanese-style, thereby providing a classic example of this popular genre within Japanese literature. Aston makes the point that the plot of this late-eighteenth-century novel, developed over twenty chapters or episodes, is so complicated that 'it is impossible to give an adequate summary...' But he goes on to promise several murders, a harakiri and other suicides, terrific combats, hairbreadth escapes, strange meetings and surprising recognitions. In addition, there are scenes of witchcraft and enchantment with dreams, magic terrors and ghosts who rove by night. The Straw Sandal, which contains most of the original black and white woodblock prints together with textual notes added by the translator, will surely be widely welcomed both in the world of literature as well as that of Japanese Studies.

General

Imprint:	Global Oriental
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Kyoden Santo
Contributors:	Peter Kornicki
Translators:	Carmen Blacker
Dimensions:	220 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	166
ISBN-13:	978-1-905246-64-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Promotions
LSN:	1-905246-64-1
Barcode:	9781905246649

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