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The Paper Door and Other Stories
Paperback
Series: Modern Asian Literature
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ISBN10: 0231121571
ISBN13: 9780231121576
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published: Jan 18 2001
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.45 Width: 4.50 Depth: 7.21
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780231121576
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published: Jan 18 2001
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.45 Width: 4.50 Depth: 7.21
Language: English
No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. The Paper Door and Other Stories showcases the concise, delicate art of this writer who is often called the god of the Japanese short story. Doyen of Japanese letters Donald Keene ranks some of Shiga's stories among the most brilliant achievements in this genre by any twentieth-century Japanese writer. Shiga's unique style is concise and simple, with no unnecessary words. With the subtlest of gestures, he evokes the fullness of experience.
Lane Dunlop's masterly translation of seventeen of Shiga's finest stories has provided English readers their first overview of the author's work. Now back in print, the book is augmented by Donald Keene's new preface contextualizing Shiga's awesome literary gifts. Dunlop has chosen stories that aptly represent Shiga's range and virtuosity. With selections spanning forty years, from the fable-like The Little Girl and the Rapeseed Flower to the psychologically complex A Gray Moon, this collection delineates the development of Shiga's rare genius.Also in
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