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(*)(Translated from Japanese by Royall Tyler) ()(LNI-0546Les mismo libro. Titulos originales : Garasu no kutsu, 1951 [KXΜC], Shukudai, 1952 [hθ], Ginyu shijin, 1954 [αVl], Hausu gardo, 1953 [nEXK[h], Jinguru beru, 1951 [WOx], Ohsama no mimi, 1954 [€lΜ¨], Kenbu, 1953 [], Kunsho, 1953 [MΝ], Tsukiji odawara-cho, 1953 [zn¬c΄¬] 1.In addition to LThe Glass Slipper,L 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, LThe Glass Slipper and Other StoriesL 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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