{"product_id":"dunlop-lane-the-best-japanese-short-stories-9784805317297","title":"The Best Japanese Short Stories","description":"An anthology of the greatest stories by modern Japanese masters (including previously overlooked women writers)!\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights of this anthology include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e- Kafu Nagai's bittersweet portrait of a privileged family's expiring existence in \"The Fox\"- Ango Sakaguchi's heartening celebration of postwar chaos in \"One Woman and the War\"- Fumiko Hayashi's unabashed exploration of female sexuality in \"Borneo Diamond\"- Junichi Watanabe's chilling assessment of alienation and social dislocation in \"Invitation to Suicide\"- Gishu Nakayama's look at an out-of-place prostitute recovering at a hot-spring resort in \"Autumn Wind\"\u003c\/ul\u003e\nThrough brilliant, highly-praised translations by Lane Dunlop, The Best Japanese Short Stories 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.","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53416173207894,"sku":"9784805317297-V","price":11.87,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9784805317297_1.jpg?v=1781662186","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/dunlop-lane-the-best-japanese-short-stories-9784805317297","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}