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(*)(Translated from Japanese by Royall Tyler) (★)(´NI-0546´es mismo libro. Titulos originales : Garasu no kutsu, 1951 [ガラスの靴], Shukudai, 1952 [宿題], Ginyu shijin, 1954 [吟遊詩人], Hausu gardo, 1953 [ハウスガード], Jinguru beru, 1951 [ジングルベル], Ohsama no mimi, 1954 [王様の耳], Kenbu, 1953 [剣舞], Kunsho, 1953 [勲章], Tsukiji odawara-cho, 1953 [築地小田原町] 1.In addition to ´The Glass Slipper,´ this collection contains eight other stories held together by a common thread of self-perception. Yasuoka writes from the belief that the self has such depths that at times it can appear to be illusory. Set against the chaotic backdrop of the era running from before World War II to just after its end, these stories are infused with a timeless sense of novelty and humor. Highly praised by Haruki Murakami, ´The Glass Slipper and Other Stories´ continues to offer readers a fresh literary experience. 2.Shotaro Yasuoka was born in Kochi Prefecture, Japan in 1920. The son of a veterinary corpsman in the Imperial Army, his early life involved frequent moves from one military post to another. After the war, Yasuoka came down with spinal caries, and, with no chance for treatment without money, took on a series of odd jobs. It was while he was bedridden with this disease that he began his writing career. A leading figure in postwar Japanese literature, in 2001 Yasuoka received the Cultural Merit Award for his literary achievement.) |
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