Exploring Japanese literature

Name: Exploring Japanese literature
ISBN: 9784770030412

read Mishima, Tanizaki and Kawabata in the original

Pages: 351
Published: 2007
Language: English

Synopsis

This book examines classic tales from Japan's greatest 20th-century novelists. It explores themes of ritual suicide, decadence, and geisha romance found within these significant literary works.

How it reads

Dark Melancholic Complex Intellectual

Sacrifice

Prose complexity 7/10

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Suicide

Exploring Japanese literature

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Japanese Literature

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Exploring Japanese literature

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About the authorGiles Murray

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