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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.
Subjects:
Takahashi, Mutsuo, > 1937-
Poets, Japanese.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Poetes japonais > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Poets, Japanese > 20th century > Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biography
Autobiography
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • TWELVE VIEWS FROM THE DISTANCE; Contents; Note about Japanese Names; Chart of family Members; Translator's Introduction; PART I: TWELVE VIEWS FROM THE DISTANCE; Chapter 1: The Snow of Memory; Chapter 2: Grandma's House; Chapter 3: TalesofLongago; Chapter 4: Spirited Away; Chapter 5: On Mother's Back; Chapter 6: HeavenandHell; Chapter 7: The Various Types of Sea; Chapter8: PrincesandPaupers; Chapter 9: The Shore of Sexuality; Chapter 10: Skies of Blood; Chapter 11: Imagining Father; Communities outside the World; Afterword to the English Translation; Glossary.

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