An anthology of the greatest stories by modern Japanese masters
(including previously overlooked women writers)! Fourteen distinct
voices are assembled in this one-of-a-kind anthology tracing a
nation'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. Highlights of this anthology include:
Kafu Nagai's bittersweet portrait of a privileged family's expiring
existence in "The Fox" Ango Sakaguchi's heartening celebration of
postwar chaos in "One Woman and the War" Fumiko Hayashi's unabashed
exploration of female sexuality in "Borneo Diamond" Junichi
Watanabe's chilling assessment of alienation and social dislocation
in "Invitation to Suicide" Gishu Nakayama's look at an out-of-place
prostitute recovering at a hot-spring resort in "Autumn Wind"
Through brilliant, highly-praised translations by Lane Dunlop, The
Best Japanese Short Stories 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.
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