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()(LThe Izu DancerL, the first work of Yasunari Kawabata to bring him recognition as a writer, is a novella about six Izu Peninsula travelers. One of them, a student in Tokyo, finds himself drawn to a young dancer in the troop, but as they journey on he bonds with the others as well. Friendship overcomes class differences as the six become more intimate during their journey.^@Capturing the shy eroticism of adolescence, LThe Izu DancerL is a charming picture of the times --complete with beautiful descriptions of the path they travel and the inns along the way, as they journey through the autumn mountains to the blue sea reaching out to the island of Oshima.^@Yasushi InoueLs LThe CounterfeiterL, although set in modern times, poses universal questions that transcend culture and era. InoueLs LObasuteL and LThe Full MoonL both explore themes of separation, loneliness, and isolation. Through a cold and gloomy surface, InoueLs compassion shines, revealing yet another aspect of an author known for his vivid precision and economy of words.^@Yasunari Kawabata [1899-1971], winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature, was one of JapanLs most distinguished novelists. His first stories were published while he was still at high school. In 1917 he left his native Osaka to study literature in Tokyo, and in 1927, three years after graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, he published LThe Izu DancerL. Kawabata devoted his novels largely to aspects of love, interwoven with melancholy and loss. Three years after being awarded the Nobel Prize, he was found in a gas-filled room in an apartment near his Kamakura house. Although his death appears to have been suicide, no note was found.^@Yasushi Inoue [1907-1991], known in particular for his historical fiction, is widely recognized as one of JapanLs greatest modern novelists and was honored as a LLiving National TreasureL. Inoue graduated from Kyoto University in 1936, and had a fascination with China and its history as a result of his military service in northern China in 1937. One of his first works, LThe Hunting GunL, won the Akutagawa Prize, and later books received the Ministry of Education Prize and the Mainichi Press Prize.^@¥TABLE OF CONTENTS^@The Izu Dancer [by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Edward Seidensticker, É€Ìxq(Izu no odoriko)]^@The Counterfeiter [by Yasushi Inoue, translated by Leon Picon, éUìÆ̶U (Aru gisakka no shogai)]^@Obasute [by Yasushi Inoue, translated by Leon Picon, HÌ (Obasute)]^@The Full Moon [by Yasushi Inoue, translated by Leon Picon, (Mangetsu)]) |
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