Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day

Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene's critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise introductions to the writers, as well as a historical introduction by Professor Keene. Includes: "Growing Up" by Ichiyo, a lyrical story of pre-adolescence in the 90s; Natsume's story of "Botchan," an ill-starred and ineffectual Huck Finn; Nagai's "The Sumida River"; Kokomitsu's Kafkaesque "Time"; Kawabata's "The Mole"; "Firefly Hunt"; a glimpse into Tanizaki's masterpiece "Thin Snow"; and the postwar work of such writers as Dazai and Mishima.

Author: Donald Keene
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/31/1994
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.32w x 1.15d
ISBN13: 9780802150950
ISBN10: 0802150950
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Asian | General
- Literary Collections | Essays