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Exploring Japanese Literature: Reading Mishima, Tanizaki and Kawabata in the Original

ISBN-13: 9781568365411

Author(s): Giles Murray

Subjects: CSB, DSB

Publisher: Kodansha Europe Head Office

Publisher Imprint: Kodansha USA

Publication Date: 31-08-2007

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£25.00
Exploring Japanese Literature: Reading Mishima, Tanizaki and Kawabata in the Original

About the book

Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima and Junichiro Tanizaki are all giants of world literature. It stands to reason that students of Japanese would long to read them in their original language. Ixploring Japanese Literature enables them to do just that. Featuring one each of these writers most characteristic stories - plus linguistic support in the form of a built-in dictionary - the book picks up where the authors previous bestselling text, Breaking into Japanese Literature, left off. The poignancy of romance between a wealthy Tokyoite and a provincial geisha