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The Showa Anthology: Modern Japanese Short Stories 1929-1984 (Japan's Modern Writers) (Bks.1 & 2) by Van C. Gessel; Tomone Matsumoto; Kojima Nobuo; Junnosuke Yoshiyuki; Shno Junz; Shimao Toshio; Yumiko Kurahashi; Yasushi Inoue; Tsutomu Minakami; Yasunari Kawabata; Abe Akira; Shibaki Yoshiko; Masuji Ibuse; be Minako; Taeko Kno; Mieko Kanai; Kaik Takeshi; Yuko Tsushima; Nakagami Kenji; Motojir Kajii; Hori Tatsuo; Osamu Dazai; Ishikawa Jun; Kb Abe; Shtar Yasuoka; Yukio Mishima; Kenzabur e is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Showa Anthology is the first comprehensive collection of Japanese short stories to appear in English translation in over eight years. These twenty-five stories, most of them newly translated, were composed during the six decades of the Showa period (from 1926 to 1989) by some of the finest Japanese writers of this century. The variety and scope of these works attest both to the tenacity of Japanese literary tradition and to the ability of the Japanese writer to absorb and adapt contemporary literary techniques. Most of all, they are vivid artistic responses to what may well be the most turbulent, challenging era in modern Japanese history. The anthology includes stories by authors whose reputations are already well established in the West--Nobel laureate Kawabata Yasunari, Endo Shusaku, Oe Kenzaburo, Dazai Osamu, Inoue Yasushi, and Abe Kobo. In addition, many authors considered of the first rank in Japan are represented, often for the first time in English--Kajii Motojiro, Shono Junzo, Ishikawa Jun, and Shimao Toshio. Six stories by women writers provide a sampling of fiction by a group of authors who have become a major creative force in postwar literature. These authors, muc

Author

Van C. Gessel; Tomone Matsumoto; Kojima Nobuo; Junnosuke Yoshiyuki; Shno Junz; Shimao Toshio; Yumiko Kurahashi; Yasushi Inoue; Tsutomu Minakami; Yasunari Kawabata; Abe Akira; Shibaki Yoshiko; Masuji Ibuse; be Minako; Taeko Kno; Mieko Kanai; Kaik Takeshi; Yuko Tsushima; Nakagami Kenji; Motojir Kajii; Hori Tatsuo; Osamu Dazai; Ishikawa Jun; Kb Abe; Shtar Yasuoka; Yukio Mishima; Kenzabur e

Publisher

Kodansha International ; Distributed in the United States by Kodansha International/U.S.A

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780870119224

Rating

4.02 / 5 (60 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14