Panic" and "The Runaway" (UNESCO Collection of representative works : Japanese series) by Takeshi Kaiko ISBN 13: 9780860081968

University of Tokyo Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 1977. Hardcover with grey lettering on spine and contents in very good condition.. First English Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Trans.: Dunn, Charles. used.

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Magenta hardcover with silver tiles. Translated from the Japanese by Charles Dunn. This copy is FINE in a FINE, unclipped ( Y2000) DJ. Laid in is a publisher's provided custom paper bookmark with the book name and other information in English and Japanese. Looks and feels unread . Pristine..

University of Tokyo Press, 1978-12-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Small name written on first page.

University of Tokyo Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Tokyo. 1977. University Of Tokyo Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0860081966. Translated from the Japanese by Charles Dunn. 122 pages. hardcover. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Available for the first time in English translation are two best-selling stories by Takeshi Kaiko, a popular contemporary Japanese writer. The stories presented here deal with a theme often found in Kaiko’s work - the plight of the individual struggling against the overwhelming pressures of the system. ‘Panic,’ written in 1957, relates the story of Shunsuke, a hardworking young bureaucrat, as he tries to steer his own course through a corrupt world of officialdom. An employee of the forestry department of a local government, Shunsuke predicts a plague of rats and submits a detailed report outlining countermeasures against the pending disaster. First the report is snubbed; then, when the plague becomes reality and the town begins to panic, Shunsuke’s superiors react in stereotypically bungling bureaucratic… Read more