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

ISBN-13: 9784770030412

Contributor(s): Giles Murray (author), Tetsuji Kiwaki (author)

Subject: Literary Studies: General

Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books

Publication Date: 31-08-2007

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£14.99

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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