This collection shows the qualities that make Japanese literature among the world's finest.Including "Under Reconstruction," considered to be the first modern Japanese short story, this book presents the short stories of Japan as among the world's most sa
More than a thousand years ago, an extraordinary trove of early Buddhist sutras and other scriptures was secreted away in caves near the Silk Road city of Tun-huang. But who hid this magnificent treasure and why? In Tun-huang, the great modern Japanese no
Alternative cover edition here.These three short stories, The Counterfeiter, Obasute, and The Full Moon, explore the roles of loneliness, compassion, beauty, and forgiveness in day-to-day life in Japan, all within the context of the Buddhist-influenced no
Yamamoto Kansuke hidup pada zaman Sengoku Jidai; di mana perang saudara dan perebutan wilayah melingkupi wilayah Jepang. Kansuke dipandang sebelah mata karena kakinya yang pincang dan matanya yang buta sebelah. Hingga pada suatu ketika ia bertemu dengan j
Un piccolo hotel incastonato in una scogliera scoscesa, la spiaggia di ciottoli, il mare indaco: per Sugi, che dopo infiniti fallimenti deve affrontare anche il disonore, è l’approdo cercato – lo scenario ideale per morire. Si è concesso un unico, s
