American Stories

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Night Talk in a Cabin2. A Return Through the Meadow3. Atop the Hill4. The Inebriated Beauty5. Long Hair6. Spring and Autumn7. Lodging on a Snowy Night8. In the Woods9. Bad Company10. Old Regrets11. Rude Awakening12. Ladies of the Night13. January First14. Daybreak15. Two Days in Chicago16. The Sea in Summer17. Midnight at a Bar18. Fallen Leaves19. Chronicle of Chinatown20. Night Stroll21. A June Night's Dream22. A Night at Seattle Harbor23. Night Fog

Product details

• Authors: Nagai Kafu, Nagai/ Iriye Kafu, Kaf& Nagai, Kafau Nagai, Kafū Nagai, Kafu (c/o Keiko Hirose Nagai
• Assisted by: Mitsuko Iriye (Translation), Iriye Mitsuko (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2013
• EAN: 9780231117913
• ISBN: 978-0-231-11791-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Modern Asian Literature Series; Modern Asian Literature Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), History of the Americas, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary