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.
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