| Description |
216 pages ; 19 cm |
| Contents |
A portrait of Shino -- Shame in the blood -- Homecoming -- Face of death -- Magic lantern show -- And all promenade! |
| Summary |
"Scarred by the death or disappearance of so many members of his family, the unnamed narrator of Shame in the Blood (Shinobugawa) is tormented by the fear that his blood is cursed. Then he meets Shino, a beautiful waitress who serves him hot sake and captures his heart. Shino's appearance in his life, and their subsequent marriage, offers the possibility that he might finally overcome his "cursed blood." Told as six related and layered stories, the book builds and deepens, using particulars of everyday life to provide a moving testimony to the power of love, youth, and commitment - a testimony that rings all the more true for being tinged with melancholic knowledge that love itself is a "little death."" |
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"Considered one of the finest love stories in modern Japanese literature, Shame in the Blood sold more than a million copies when first published in Japan, won the Akutagawa Prize for Literature, and was made into a feature film directed by Obayashi Nobuhiko. Working in the great tradition of Japanese novelists from Soseki to Kawabata, from Mishima to Abe, Miura takes his place as one of the greatest Japanese writers of our times."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Translation of: "Shinobugawa", "Haji no fu", "Shoya", "Gentō gashū", "Kikyō", "Danran" |
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"This book has been selected by the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP), which is run by the Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center (J-Lit Center) on behalf of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan." -- verso t.p |
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Also issued online |
| Subject |
Japanese fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105984
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Driver, Andrew.
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Japanese Literature Publishing Project.
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| LC no. |
2007011765 |
| ISBN |
9781593761714 |
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1593761716 |
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