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CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE LITERATURE : An Anthology of Fiction, Film, and Other Writing Since 1945
by Hibbett, Howard (Editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0394491416
- ISBN 13
- 9780394491417
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 1st Edition First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/As New & Bright. Stated First Edition. Green soft cover/VG; shelfworn w/light edge, surface wear & faint creasing to lower back corner, and, trace brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text blocks. Anthology of English translations of post-1945 Japanese short stories, poetry, film script & drama. Edited by Ohio-born Howard Hibbett (1920 - 2019), Harvard-schooled faculty, Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, who served as a World War II U.S. Army Japanese-language specialist (1942-46). Collection of Japanese literature from the end of World War I through World War II's 2 atomic bombs. English translations of works, w/biographical sketches of authors. 468 pgs. Rich, historic voices of some 22 Japanese writers from the past. Fine copy despite flaws.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020367
- Title
- CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE LITERATURE : An Anthology of Fiction, Film, and Other Writing Since 1945
- Author
- Hibbett, Howard (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394491416
- ISBN 13
- 9780394491417
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 468
- Keywords
- Anthology, Literature, History, Japanese, Fiction, Short Stories, Film Scripts, Drama, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry/Verse;
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