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Twelve Views from the Distance /

From one of the foremost poets in contemporary Japan comes this entrancing memoir that traces a boy's childhood and its intersection with the rise of the Japanese empire and World War II. Originally published in 1970, this translation is the first available in English. In twelve chapters that v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Takahashi, Mutsuo, 1937-
Other Authors: Angles, Jeffrey, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Japonés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:From one of the foremost poets in contemporary Japan comes this entrancing memoir that traces a boy's childhood and its intersection with the rise of the Japanese empire and World War II. Originally published in 1970, this translation is the first available in English. In twelve chapters that visit and revisit critical points in his boyhood, Twelve Views from the Distance presents a vanished time and place through the eyes of an accomplished poet. Recounting memories from his youth, Mutsuo Takahashi captures the full range of his internal life as a boy, shifting between hi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816682812