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Five modern Japanese novelists / Donald Keene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keene, Donald.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Japanese fiction.
- Authors, Japanese--20th century.
- Authors, Japanese.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 113 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A superb introduction to modern Japanese fiction as well as a memoir of his own love affair with Japanese literature and culture, this volume consists of chapters on five modern Japanese novelists whom Donald Keene knew personally: Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, Ryotaro Shiba, and Kobo Abe. Each chapter opens with a vignette describing Keene's personal encounters with these famous men, blending his autobiographical observations with literary and cultural analysis.
- Contents:
- Tanizaki Junʼichirō (1886-1965) Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972) Mishima Yukio (1925-1970) Abe Kōbō (1924-1993) Shiba Ryōtarō (1923-1996)
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613792280
- 9781281869036
- 1281869031
- 9780231507493
- 0231507496
- OCLC:
- 827481445
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