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This title was first published in 1982. The authors deal with the
experiences of modern women with penetrating sincerity and honesty,
but their philosophic profundity in understanding modern life,
their intellectual capacity to view their experience in a
historical and social context, and their mastery of the art of
fiction render the traditional category of 'female school
literature' totally inadequate to characterize their works. Indeed,
they stand at the core of modern Japanese literature as a whole.
This title was first published in 1982. The authors deal with the
experiences of modern women with penetrating sincerity and honesty,
but their philosophic profundity in understanding modern life,
their intellectual capacity to view their experience in a
historical and social context, and their mastery of the art of
fiction render the traditional category of 'female school
literature' totally inadequate to characterize their works. Indeed,
they stand at the core of modern Japanese literature as a whole.
This is a translation of Dobutsu no sorei, a collection of short
stories by award-winning scriptwriter-poet turned fiction writer,
Tomioka Taeko. In an objective style reminiscent of Japanese puppet
theater, Tomioka deconstructs the discourse of the nuclear family
and heterosexuality in gendered Japanese culture. Her stories focus
on ordinary people who take life as it comes, living from day to
day without the intervention of ego or rationalization, unfettered
by introspection or a search for life's ultimate meaning. The
stories are disturbing, moving, and compelling.
The first collection of short stories by award-winning
scriptwriter-poet turned fiction writer, Tomioka Taeko. In an
objective style reminiscent of Japanese puppet theater, Taeko
deconstructs the discourse of the nuclear family and
heterosexuality in gendered Japanese culture. Her stories focus on
ordinary people who take life as it comes, living from day to day
without the intervention of ego or rationalization, unfettered by
introspection or a search for life's ultimate meaning. The stories
are disturbing, moving and compelling to read.
This collection includes translated works by Japanese women writers
that deal with the experiences of modern women. The work of these
women represents current feminist perception, imagination and
thought. "Here are Japanese women in infinite and fascinating
variety -- ardent lovers, lonely single women, political activists,
betrayed wives, loyal wives, protective mothers, embittered
mothers, devoted daughters. ... a new sense of the richness of
Japanese women's experience, a new appreciation for feelings too
long submerged". -- The New York Times Book Review
This collection includes translated works by Japanese women writers
that deal with the experiences of modern women. The work of these
women represents current feminist perception, imagination and
thought. "Here are Japanese women in infinite and fascinating
variety -- ardent lovers, lonely single women, political activists,
betrayed wives, loyal wives, protective mothers, embittered
mothers, devoted daughters. ... a new sense of the richness of
Japanese women's experience, a new appreciation for feelings too
long submerged". -- The New York Times Book Review
This collection of factual reports, short stories, poems and
drawings expresses in a deeply personal voice the devastating
effects of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This collection of factual reports, short stories, poems and
drawings expresses in a deeply personal voice the devastating
effects of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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