{"product_id":"the-best-japanese-short-stories-lane-dunlop-9784805317297","title":"The Best Japanese Short Stories: Works by 14 Modern Masters: Kawabata, Akutagawa and More","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn anthology of the greatest stories by modern Japanese masters (including previously overlooked women writers)!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen distinct voices are assembled in this one-of-a-kind anthology tracing a nation's changing social landscapes. Internationally renowned writers like Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Junichi Watanabe are joined by three notable women writers whose works have not yet received sufficient attention--Kanoko Okamoto, Fumiko Hayashi and Yumiko Kurahashi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighlights of this anthology include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKafu Nagai's bittersweet portrait of a privileged family's expiring existence in \"The Fox\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngo Sakaguchi's heartening celebration of postwar chaos in \"One Woman and the War\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFumiko Hayashi's unabashed exploration of female sexuality in \"Borneo Diamond\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJunichi Watanabe's chilling assessment of alienation and social dislocation in \"Invitation to Suicide\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGishu Nakayama's look at an out-of-place prostitute recovering at a hot-spring resort in \"Autumn Wind\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough brilliant, highly-praised translations by Lane Dunlop, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Japanese Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e offers fascinating glimpses of a society embracing change while holding tenaciously onto the past. A new foreword by Alan Tansman provides insightful back stories about the authors and the literary backdrop against which they created these great works of modern world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lane Dunlop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 4805317299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9784805317297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Lane Dunlop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069298667775,"sku":"9784805317297","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98ce1496-fdb4-4cfa-8a7b-780b173f6c34.jpg?v=1685423951","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-japanese-short-stories-lane-dunlop-9784805317297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}