Tokyo Central - A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor Edward G. Seidensticker Klappentext This memoir is by a translator who has introduced two generations of English-language audiences to the masterpieces of classical and modern Japanese literature. His patient rendering of novels ranging from the 11th-century Tale of Genji to works of such modern masters as Junichiro Tanizaki, Yukio Mishima and Nobel-Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata has earned him the National Book Award as well as the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan's highest honour for foreigners.

Product details

• Authors: Edward G Seidensticker, Edward G. Seidensticker
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.08.2015
• EAN: 9780295996226
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99622-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: McLellan Endowed; McLellan Endowed; Tokyo Central
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)