A Dark Night's Passing

Literature & Fiction

Shiga, Naoya

Contemporary

Kodansha Amer Inc

No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. The Paper Door and Other Stories showcases the concise, delicate art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Doyen of Japanese letters Donald Keene ranks some of Shiga's stories "among the most brilliant achievements in this genre by any twentieth-century Japanese writer." Shiga's unique style is concise and simple, with no unnecessary words. With the subtlest of gestures, he evokes the fullness of experience. Lane Dunlop's masterly translation of seventeen of Shiga's finest stories has provided English readers their first overview of the author's work. Now back in print, the book is augmented by Donald Keene's new preface contextualizing Shiga's awesome literary gifts. Dunlop has chosen stories that aptly represent Shiga's range and virtuosity. With selections spanning forty years, from the fable-like "The Little Girl and the Rapeseed Flower" to the psychologically complex "A Gray Moon," this collection delineates the development of Shiga's rare genius.

The Paper Door and Other Stories by Shiga Naoya

History & Criticism

Columbia University Press

A Late Chrysanthemum (Tut Books)

Dazai, Osamu

Shimaki Kensaku

HAYASHI, Fumiko

Yasunari, Kawabata

Kobo, Abe

Ozaki Shiro

Literary

Charles E.Tuttle Company

Book by Shiga Naoya, Shimaki Kensaku

Late Chrysanthemum

NORTH POINT PRESS

Tells the story of a young man's passage through a sequence of disturbing experiences to a hard-worn truce with the destructive forces within himself.

A Dark Night's Passing (Japan's Modern Writers)

World Literature

Kodansha USA Inc

Reconciliation (Canons)

Canongate Canons

Dark Night Journey [Japanese Edition]

Shinchosha

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