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Still Life and Other Stories
Junzo Shono
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Description for Still Life and Other Stories
Paperback. Winner of the Pen Center West Award, this delicate collection of thirteen linked tales reveals the flow of daily life in the modern Japanese family. Junzo Shono's artful layering of commonplace events, images, and conversations has been compared to haiku poetry crossed with an Ozu film. Starred review in Publishers Weekly. Translator(s): Lammers, W.P. Series: Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Thirteen stories are linked by the daily life of a husband and wife and their three children
Thirteen stories are linked by the daily life of a husband and wife and their three children
Product Details
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Series
Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Berkeley CA, United States
ISBN
9781880656020
SKU
V9781880656020
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Junzo Shono
Junzo Shono was born in 1921 and lives in Kawasaki, Japan. Has won numerous literary awards, including the Yomiuri Prize for Evening Clouds. Raised in Japan, Wayne P. Lammers ( Ph.D. in Japanese) taught at the university level. He was translation editor for Mangajin and is considered one of the finest translators of Japanese literature today.
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