02542nam 2200637 a 450 991078025420332120230914210107.01-281-86903-197866137922800-231-50749-6(CKB)111087026932536(SSID)ssj0000645809(PQKBManifestationID)12248396(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645809(PQKBWorkID)10683769(PQKB)10255613(SSID)ssj0000155785(PQKBManifestationID)11158467(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155785(PQKBWorkID)10123869(PQKB)10984495(MiAaPQ)EBC909130(Au-PeEL)EBL909130(CaPaEBR)ebr10183500(CaONFJC)MIL379228(OCoLC)827481445(EXLCZ)9911108702693253620020530h20032003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFive modern Japanese novelists /Donald KeeneNew York :Columbia University Press,2003.©20031 online resource (ix, 113 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-231-12611-5 0-231-12610-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Tanizaki Junʼichirō (1886-1965) Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972) Mishima Yukio (1925-1970) Abe Kōbō (1924-1993) Shiba Ryōtarō (1923-1996)A superb introduction to modern Japanese fiction as well as a memoir of his own love affair with Japanese literature and culture, this volume consists of chapters on five modern Japanese novelists whom Donald Keene knew personally: Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, Ryotaro Shiba, and Kobo Abe. Each chapter opens with a vignette describing Keene's personal encounters with these famous men, blending his autobiographical observations with literary and cultural analysis.Japanese fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismAuthors, Japanese20th centuryJapanese fictionHistory and criticism.Authors, Japanese895.6/34409Keene Donald479439MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780254203321Five modern Japanese novelists1241341UNINA