ATODA, TAKASHI (1935)
ATODA, TAKASHI (1935)
The square persimmon. 2000 (2nd printing)
ATODA, TAKASHI (1935)
The Square Persimmon and Other Stories
Charles E. Tuttle Company, Boston, Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo. 2000. First edition. Second printing. Paperback. 208 pp. 13 x 20½ x 1¼ cm. 238 gr. Translated by Millicent M. Horton. ISBN-10 0 8048 1644 1. ISBN-13 978 0 8048 1644 1. The Square Persimmon and Other Stories is an introduction to the work of Takashi Atoda, one of Japan's most popular and versatile writers of fiction. Takashi Atoda examines universal themes - first love, lost love, change, fate - through unmistakably Japanes eyes. The dreamlike quality of some stories invites the reader to draw his own conclusions in the denouement. Yet, in each one, Atoda brings to bear his precise style and his own unique vision, by turns mysterious, romantic, darkly humorous, and even bizarre. The stories have been chosen by his translator. The aim was to show what a versatile writer he is. His writing is extremely varied, at times lyrical or melancholic, absurd or full of black humor. In her foreword his translator, Millicent M. Horton, mentions the Proustian quality of some of his stories. Beautiful unread copy. As new.
Booknumber: 19471
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