Tales of Tears and Laughter Short Fiction of Medieval Japan |
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| Translator:
| Skord, Virginia |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8248-1569-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1993 |
| Publisher: | University of Hawaii Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.00 |
Book Description:
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The stories in this collection constitute just a small portion of a vast body of some four hundred short narratives known as otogizoshi. They represent a cross section of medieval Japan in its richness and complexity, a panoply of life teeming with all the possibilities and contradictions of the age.
The stories in this collection constitute just a small portion of a vast body of some four hundred short narratives known as otogizoshi. They represent a cross section of medieval Japan in its richness and complexity, a panoply of life teeming with all the possibilities and contradictions of the age.