The crazy iris and other stories of the atomic aftermath / edited and with an introduction by Kenzaburō Ōe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ibuse, Masuji, 1898-1993.

Hara, Tamiki, 1905-1951.

Oda, Katsuzō.

Ōta, Yōko, 1903-1963.

Sata, Ineko, 1904-1998.

Hayashi, Kyōko, 1930-2017.

Inoue, Mitsuharu, 1926-1992.

Takenishi, Hiroko, 1929-

Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935-2023.

Standardized Title:

Nan to mo shirenai mirai ni. Selections. English.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Fiction.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan).

Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Fiction.

Nagasaki-shi (Japan).

Short stories, Japanese--Translations into English.

Short stories, Japanese.

Japanese fiction--20th century--Translations into English.

Japanese fiction.

Japan--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Japan.

Manners and customs.

Japan--Hiroshima-shi.

Japan--Nagasaki-shi.

Short stories, Japanese--20th century.

Genre:

Fiction.

Translations into English.

Short stories.

History.

Translations.

Physical Description:

204 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Grove Press edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press, 1985.

Summary:

An anthology of stories about Japan after the atom bomb is edited by an acclaimed writer and surveys Japan's best storytellers on the bomb's impact on the daily lives of peasants, artists, and children.

Contents:

The crazy iris / Masuji Ibuse

Summer flower ; The land of heart's desire / Tamiki Hara

Human ashes / Katsuzō Oda

Fireflies / Yōko Ōta

The colorless paintings / Ineko Sata

The empty can / Kyōko Hayashi

The house of hands / Mitsuharu Inoue

The rite / Hiroko Takenishi.

Notes:

Selected translation of: Nan to mo shirenai mirai ni.

Other Format:

Online version: Nan to mo shirenai mirai ni. English. Selections. Crazy iris and other stories of the atomic aftermath.

ISBN:

0394549449

9780394549446

0394620755

9780394620756

0802151841

9780802151841

OCLC:

12160533