Autumn Wind and Other Stories - (Tuttle Classics) (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Spanning 60 years of 20th century Japanese literature, this anthology covers Japan's growth from a more traditional country into a distinctly modern one. Most of these stories had not been previously translated into English, opening up a vast new literary canon to Western readers. Award-winning translation Lane Dunlop introduces a cast of characters that stray beyond stereotypical images of bowing geisha and dark-suited businessmen. <p/> The 14 stories include: <p/> <li><i>The Fox</i> by Nagai Kafu<br> <li><i>Flash Storm</i> by Satomi Ton<br> <li><i>One Woman and the War</i> by Sakaguchi Ango<br> <li><i>Borneo Diamond</i> by Hayashi Fumiko<br> <li><i>Invitation to Suicide</i> by Watanabe Jun'ichi <p/> Lovers of fiction and students of Japan are certain to find these stories absorbing, engaging and instructive.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lane Dunlop</b> has won several awards for translation, including the Japan--US Friendship Award for Literary Translation for both 'A Late Chrysanthemum' and 'Twenty-four Stories' from the Japanese, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award in Literature. He is co-translator of Yasunari's Kawabata 'Palm-of-the-Hand Stories' and the translator of numerous Japanese novels, including Kafu Nagai's 'During the Rains & Flowers in the Shade: Two Novellas'.
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