Tales of Moonlight and Rain - Paperback
by Akinari Ueda
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Availability:In StockContributor:Akinari Ueda, Anthony Chambers (Translator)Series:Translations from the Asian Classics (Paperback)Publish date:2008-12-24Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231139137ISBN-10:231139136UPC:9780231139137Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:AsianSize:8.50 x 5.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC6RRRVA0V
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film Ugetsu.
The title Ugetsu monogatari...Series: Translations from the Asian Classics (Paperback)
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231139137ISBN-10:231139136UPC:9780231139137Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:AsianSize:8.50 x 5.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC6RRRVA0V
Ueda Akinari (1734-1809), one of the great writers of Japanese fiction, was also a scholar, poet, physician, and tea master. Anthony H. Chambers is professor of Japanese literature and literary translation at Arizona State University. He has translated many works of Japanese literature, both classical and modern, and is the author of The Secret Window: Ideal Worlds in Tanizaki's Fiction.
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