Castaways: Two Short Novels (Japan's Modern Writers)
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In the first novel, castaway John Manjiro travels the world and returns to a secluded island nation on the brink of westernization. The second short novel is about a woman's exile after the political... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:4770017448
ISBN13:9784770017444
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:Kodansha
Length:138 Pages
Weight:0.36 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.4" x 7.2"
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A Japanese odissey
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The story of the young illiterate Japanese fisherman who is shipwrecked, rescued by an American ship and eventually brought to understand a totally different culture is based on strict historical fact. However, Castaways is illuminated by Ibuse's poetic sense of detail and delicate humour. The other novella, the tale of a geisha in love with a persecuted would-be modernizer of XIXth century Japan is filled with references which are sometimes unclear to a Western reader, yet conveys a sense of melancoly and romantic devotion.
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