Full name: Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology

Author: Ivan Morris Year: 1962 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780804833363 9780804812269 0804833362 0804812268

This collection shows the qualities that make Japanese literature among the world's finest. Including "Under Reconstruction," considered to be the first modern Japanese short story, this book presents the short stories of Japan as among the world's most satisfying. Edited by Ivan Morris, a recognized authority on Japanese literature, Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology is a volume of the highest quality and fidelity. Similar books: The Showa Anthology by Van C. Gessel Monkey Brain Sushi by Alfred Birnbaum The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories by Theodore W. Goossen Modern Japanese Literature by Donald Keene The Book of Tokyo by Osamu Hashimoto The Crazy Iris by Kenzaburo Oe Anthology of Japanese Literature by Donald Keene The Paper Door by Shiga Naoya The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories by Jay Rubin Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa Death in Midsummer by Yukio Mishima Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories by Taeko Kono Acts of Worship by Yukio Mishima Crackling Mountain by Osamu Dazai The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie Birds of America by Lorrie Moore Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau