| Description |
1 online resource (121 pages). |
| Series |
Cornell East Asia series ; number 201
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New Japanese horizons
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Cornell East Asia series ; 201.
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New Japanese horizons.
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| Contents |
Running on Water: A Translator's Introduction -- Galactic City -- The Running Boy -- A Slender Back. |
| Summary |
"With The Running Boy, the fiction of Megumu Sagisawa (1968-2004) makes its long-overdue first appearance in English. Lovingly rendered with a critical introduction by the translator, this collection of three stories, written in 1989, sits on the thinnest part of Japan's economic bubble and provides a cautionary glimpse into the malaise of its impending collapse. From the aging regulars of a shabby snack bar in "Galactic City" to the mental breakdowns of "A Slender Back," and the family secrets lurking within the title story between them, Sagisawa offers a trilogy of laser-focused character studies. Exploring dichotomies of past versus present, young versus old, life versus death, and countless shades of meaning beyond, she elicits vibrant commonalities of the human condition from some of its most ennui-laden examples. A curious form of affirmation awaits her readers, who may just come out of her monochromatic word paintings with more colorful realizations about themselves and the world at large. Such insight is rare in a writer so young, and this book is a fitting testament to her premature death, the legacy of which is sure to inspire a new generation of readers in the post-truth era"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Short stories, Japanese -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General |
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Short stories, Japanese. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Indexed Term |
Japan, Fiction, Translation, Women Writers, Modernity. |
| Genre/Form |
Translations.
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| Added Author |
Grillo, Tyran, translator, writer of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Kakeru shōnen. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sagisawa, Megumu, 1968-2004. The running boy and other stories Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501749889 (DLC) 2019052591 |
| ISBN |
9781501749896 electronic book |
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1501749900 electronic book |
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9781501749902 electronic book |
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1501749897 electronic book |
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9781501749889 paperback |
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1501749889 |
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