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American Stories
Kafu Nagai
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Description for American Stories
Hardback. Based on his sojourn from Japan to Washington State, Michigan, and New York City in the early years of the twentieth century, these stories -- at last available in English -- represent a classic account of turn-of-the-century America by one of the greatest Japanese writers of the modern era. Translator(s): Iriye, Mitsuko. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2GJ; FA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Nagai Kafu is one of the greatest modern Japanese writers, but until now his classic collection, American Stories, based on his sojourn from Japan to Washington State, Michigan, and New York City in the early years of the twentieth century, has never been available in English. Here, with a detailed and insightful introduction, is an elegant translation of Kafu's perceptive and lyrical account. Like de Tocqueville a century before, Kafu casts a fresh, keen eye on vibrant and varied America-world fairs, concert halls, and college campuses; saloons, the immigrant underclass, and red-light districts. Many of his vignettes involve encounters ... Read more
Nagai Kafu is one of the greatest modern Japanese writers, but until now his classic collection, American Stories, based on his sojourn from Japan to Washington State, Michigan, and New York City in the early years of the twentieth century, has never been available in English. Here, with a detailed and insightful introduction, is an elegant translation of Kafu's perceptive and lyrical account. Like de Tocqueville a century before, Kafu casts a fresh, keen eye on vibrant and varied America-world fairs, concert halls, and college campuses; saloons, the immigrant underclass, and red-light districts. Many of his vignettes involve encounters ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Modern Asian Literature Series
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231117906
SKU
V9780231117906
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Ref
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About Kafu Nagai
Nagai Kafu (1879-1959) was a Japanese novelist whose translated works include Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale, Autumn Wind and Other Stories, American Stories, and During the Rains and Flowers in the Shades: Two Novellas. Mitsuko Iriye is an independent scholar working in the field of comparative literature.
Reviews for American Stories
One of the great figures of contemporary Japanese literature... [This] collection of twenty-three stories and essays is a perceptive outsider's view of American people (particularly the new immigrant classes),places, and customs, and a sharp-eyed tour of the world's fairs, concert halls, college campuses, saloons, and red-light districts of pre-First World War United States. The Globe and Mail Elegant... the language ... Read more