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(★)(Translated by John Bester)(Yasushi Inoue was born in 1907 in Hokkaido, the son of an army medical officer. he graduated from Kyoto University in 1936, and joined the staff of Mainichi Newspapers as a reporter. In 1948 he published his first novels,´The Hunting Gun´and ´The Bullfight´, which won him the Akutagawa Prize, a much coveted literary award. He is also the author of numerous works of historical fiction, and among his best known are ´Wind and Waves´,´The Emperor Go-Shirakawa´,´A Strange Tale of Russia´, and ´Tun-huang´, which has been translated into English. In 1976 Inoue was decorated with the Cultural Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Japanese government./ ▼CONTENTS/ ●1.Plum Blossom by Night ●2.Lieutenant Lookeast ●3.Pilgrims´ Inn ●4.Salamander ●5.Old Ushitora ●6.Carp ●7.Life at Mr. Tange´s ●8.Yosaku the Settler ●9.Savan on the Roof) |