The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto
Kenji Nakagami
(Author)
Eve Zimmerman
(Translator)
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Description
Explosive stories of the little-known burakumin from one of Japan's great postwar literary masters.
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press
Publish Date
January 01, 2008
Pages
200
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.4 X 0.6 inches | 0.45 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781933330433
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About the Author
Kenji Nakagami (1946-92) was a prolific novelist and short story writer who was admired as much for his prose style as his depictions of the burakumin. He received the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for "The Cape" in 1976.Eve Zimmerman is Assistant Professor of Japanese literature at Wellesley College and received the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for Translation in 1992.
