Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories

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This collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan's modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the first writings to assimilate and rework Western literary traditions, through the flourishing of the short story genre in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the Taisho era, to the new breed of writers produced under the constraints of literary censorship, and the current writings reflecting the pitfalls and paradoxes of modern life, this anthology offers a stimulating survey of the development of the Japanese short story.

Various indigenous traditions, in addition to those drawn from the West, recur throughout the stories: stories of the self, of the Water Trade (Tokyo's nightlife of geishas and prostitutes), of social comment, love and obsession, legends and fairytales. This collection includes the work of two Nobel prize-winners: Kawabata and Oe, the talented women writers Hirabayashi, Euchi, Okamoto, and Hayashi, together with the acclaimed Tanizaki, Mishima, and Murakami.

The introduction by Theodore Goossen gives insight into these exotic and enigmatic, sometimes disturbing stories, derived from the lyrical roots of Japanese literature with its distinctive stress on atmosphere and beauty.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Sansho the Steward

The Third Night

The Bonfire

Separate Ways

The Peony Garden

Night Fires

Aguir

Blowfish

Portrait of an Old Geisha

In a Grove

The Bears of Nametoko

Spring Riding in a Carriage

Carp

The Izu Dancer

Lemon

The Accordian and the Fish Town

The Flower-Eating Crone

Blind Chinese Soldiers

In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom

Passage to Fudaraku

Merry Christmas

The Expert

The Rifle

Unzen

The Bet

Three Policemen

Onnagata

Toddler-hunting

Mr Carp

The Duel

Prize Stock

A Very Strange, Enchanted Boy

The Elephant Vanishes

Desert Dolphin

Dreaming of Kimchee

Biographical Notes

Filmography

Publisher's Acknowledgements

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780199583195
ISBN-10:	0199583196
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Goossen, Theodore W.
Redaktion:	Goossen, Theodore W
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	197 x 129 x 37 mm
Von/Mit:	Theodore W Goossen
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.05.2010
Gewicht:	0,36 kg