The Sting of Life: Four Contemporary Japanese Novelists (Modern Asian Literature Series)

Literature & Fiction

Gessel, Van C.

History & Criticism

Columbia Univ. Pr.

In this moving novel, a group of Japanese tourists, each of whom iswrestling with his or her own demons, travels to the River Ganges on apilgrimage of grace.

Deep River

Endō, Shūsaku

Contemporary

New Directions

The river is the Ganges, where a group of Japanese tourists converge: Isobe, grieving the death of the wife he ignored in life; Kiguchi, haunted by war-time memories of the Highway of Death in Burma; Numada, recovering from a critical illness; Mitsuko, a cynical woman struggling with inner emptiness; and, the butt of her cruel interest, Otsu, a failed seminarian for whom the figure on the cross is a god of many faces. In this novel, the renowned Japanese writer Shusaku Endo reaches his ultimate religious vision.

One of the late Shusaku Endo’s finest works, The Samurai tells of the journey of some of the first Japanese to set foot on European soil and the resulting clash of cultures and politics.

The Samurai (New Directions Classic)

Genre Fiction

Covering 60 years of literature, this anthology presents both established authors as well as numerous writers, almost unknown in English.

The Shōwa anthology: Modern Japanese short stories : 1929-1984

Matsumoto, Tomone

Short Stories & Anthologies

Distributed in the United States by Kodansha International/U.S.A

This volume traces the lives and careers of three literary giants and their varying responses to Japan's increasing internationalization.

Three Modern Novelists: Soseki, Tanizaki, Kawabata (Kodansha Biographies)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Kodansha Amer Inc

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