Shirobamba
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Book Overview
A classic of modern Japanese literature, this enchanting autobiographical novels tells the story of 7-year-old Kosaku and his coming to terms with the adult world in turn-of-the-century rural Japan.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0720608376
ISBN13:9780720608373
Release Date:August 1991
Publisher:Peter Owen Publishers
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
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A modern Japanese Classic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This classic is a moving portrait of a Japanese childhood. The main character, Kasuko, (the young Yashushi Inoue) is skilfully drawn and sympathetic. The book focusses on his confusions growing up in a complicated family atmosphere and his feelings towards various female members of that family, notably his adopted grandmother, with whom he lives, his absent mother and his aunt (whom he sees as an older sister). The book is readable, beautifully written and well-translated. The only shortcoming is that this is a translation only of Volume One. Volume Two appears not to have been translated at all.
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