The preeminent Western authority on Japanese literature a presents a collection of personal essays and literary vignettes that offers a fresh and personal insight into his prolific career as a writer and translator, traveler and social observer.
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Reflections include personal experience, from wartime to the present [of Japanese society and culture]; travel in Japan; and naturally, some brilliant pieces on literature and language... The dozen or so chapters on travel in Japan are positively exhilarating... Equally, the most devoted and knowledgeable admirer of Kyoko will find new insights of value here... The essays... would be hard to match for depth of interpretation and clarity of exposition. Asian Affairs
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The preeminent Western authority on Japanese literature a presents a collection of personal essays and literary vignettes that offers a fresh and personal insight into his prolific career as a writer and translator, traveler and social observer.
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ISBN
9780231103404
Publisert
1996-06-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Columbia University Press
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
208

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