Five Modern Japanese Novelists

by Donald Keene

Book Overview

The New Yorker has called Donald Keene "America's preeminent scholar of Japanese literature." Now he presents a new book that serves as both a superb introduction to modern Japanese fiction and a memoir of his own lifelong love affair with Japanese literature and culture. Five Modern Japanese Novelists profiles five prominent writers whom Donald Keene knew personally: Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe Kobo, and Shiba Ryotaro...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231126107
• ISBN13: 9780231126106
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher