Reconciliation

Informationen zum Autor Naoya Shiga (1883-1971) was Japan's most celebrated practitioner of shishosetsu, or autobiographical fiction, the genre that dominated Japanese literature for much of the twentieth century; during his lifetime he was described as the 'god of prose'. Ted Goossen has translated or co-translated five works by Haruki Murakami; he is editor of The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (which includes his translation of Shiga's story 'Takibi') and co-editor of Monkey Business magazine, featuring the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Klappentext An autobiographical novella recounting the move towards reconciliation between a father and son; translated for the first time in English Zusammenfassung An autobiographical novella recounting the move towards reconciliation between a father and son; translated for the first time in English

Product details

• Authors: Shiga Naoya, Naoya Shiga, Shiga Naoya
• Assisted by: Ted Goossen (Translation), Goossen Ted (Translation)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781838850456
• ISBN: 978-1-83885-045-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Canons
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Japan, FICTION / General, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary