The old woman, the wife and the archer : three modern Japanese short novels / translated and with an introduction by Donald Keene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keene, Donald, editor, translator.

深沢, 七郎(1914-1987)

宇野, 千代(1897-1996)

石川, 淳(1899-1987)

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Japanese fiction--Translations into English.

Japanese fiction.

Japan--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Japan.

Manners and customs.

Novela inglesa--Traducciones del japonés.

Local Subjects:

Novela inglesa--Traducciones del japonés.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novellas.

Translations.

Physical Description:

xvi, 172 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking Press, 1961.

Summary:

Three short novels by contemporary authors whose themes stem from the days before the westernization of Japan. The Songs of Oak Mountain: Based on a legend with a modern message of cheerful fortitude in a situation of unique horror. Ohan: A psychological study of a marriage and in particular of the submissive, inarticulate, self-sacrificing wife who was the ideal. It is the first extensive piece of fiction by a modern Japanese woman writer to be published in this country. Asters: Set in the thirteenth century, it introduces the reader to a world of magic and to a hero fascinated with cruelty and death.

Contents:

The songs of Oak Mountain / by S. Fukasawa

Ohan / by C. Uno

Asters / by J. Ishikawa.

Asters [紫苑物語].

Ohan [おはん].

The song of Oak mountain [楢山節考].

Notes:

Translation of: 楢山節考 / 深沢七郎; おはん / 宇野千代; 紫苑物語 / 石川淳.

Contains:

Fukasawa, Shichirō, 1914-1987. Narayama bushikō. English.

Uno, Chiyo, 1897-1996. Ohan. English.

Ishikawa, Jun, 1899-1987. Shion monogatari. English.

Other Format:

Online version: Keene, Donald. Old woman, the wife and the archer.

OCLC:

296488