{"product_id":"annotated-japanese-literary-gems-stories-by-tawada-yoko-hayashi-kyoko-nakagami-kenji-9781885445308","title":"Annotated Japanese Literary Gems: Stories by Tawada Yoko, Hayashi Kyoko, Nakagami Kenji","description":"The first volume of Annotated Japanese Literary Gems, makes available representative examples of annotated Japanese short stories and novellas from Meiji to the present. This multi-volume set of books--six volumes are planned--provides rubi for nearly all kanji at first use. Each story is also included in a plain-text version. Along with the extensive annotations provided, the collection serves as a resource for students of modern Japanese literature and can also be used as an intermediate to advanced language text. The volume is printed Japanese-style, with pages ordered from right to left.The present volume, the first in the collection, introduces stories by three important postwar authors: \"Readers on the Train,\" \"A Dictionary Village,\" and \"A Town Called Z\" from Fox-Possessed Moon, by Tawada Yoko; My Friend, by Hayashi Kyoko; and Trees and Grass, by Nakagami Kenji.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKyoko Selden was a Senior Lecturer in Japanese in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki\u003c\/i\u003e (M. E. Sharpe, 1989); \u003ci\u003eJapanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (with Noriko Mizuta, M. E. Sharpe, 1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell East Asia Series","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433356497170,"sku":"9781885445308","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fef57282-21fc-496c-9712-eda571dfe893.jpg?v=1729568309","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/annotated-japanese-literary-gems-stories-by-tawada-yoko-hayashi-kyoko-nakagami-kenji-9781885445308","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}