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Taeko Kono Books

    April 30, 1926 – January 29, 2015

    Taeko Kōno delves into the depths of the human psyche with piercing honesty and an unconventional gaze. Her works often focus on the complexities of human relationships, frequently exploring the unsettling or disquieting aspects of the human experience. With her unique literary style and insightful perspective on human behavior, Kōno invites readers to contemplate the subtle nuances of existence. Her writing stands as a testament to her mastery in crafting unforgettable and thought-provoking literary pieces.

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    Suhrkamp Taschenbuch - 2549: Knabenjagd
    Toddler Hunting and Other Stories
    • Toddler Hunting and Other Stories

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Winner of Japan’s top literary prizes (the Akutagawa, the Tanizaki, the Noma, and the Yomiuri), Taeko Kono writes with a strange beauty: her tales are pinpricked with disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on self-dissolution, especially in the context of their intimate relationships. In the title story, the protagonist loathes young girls but compulsively buys expensive clothes for little boys so that she can watch them dress and undress. Taeko Kono’s detached gaze at this alarming behavior transfixes the reader: What are we hunting for? And why? Multiplying perspectives and refracting light from the facing mirrors of fantasy and reality, pain and pleasure, Toddler Hunting and Other Stories presents a major Japanese writer at her very best.

      Toddler Hunting and Other Stories
      3.9
    • Suhrkamp Taschenbuch - 2549: Knabenjagd

      Erzählungen

      • 150 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Une jeune femme énigmatique et banale affiche son amour des garçonnets ; elle explore une psychose d’enfance liée à la neige ; ses souvenirs de collégienne défigurent notre image de l’après-guerre japonais… Dans ces six nouvelles de Taeko Kôno se joue une part de liberté peu commune qui laisse affleurer le fantasme en actes – détruisant irrémédiablement toute aspiration à la conformité sociale. Châtié, le style de Taeko Kôno ménage, au sein de descriptions anodines, des images fulgurantes. L’existence apparemment si sage de l’héroïne se déchire à l’aveu nu d’une perversité désarmante. La résonance cruelle et tendre de cette œuvre en éclats a placé son auteur au premier rang de la littérature japonaise contemporaine.

      Suhrkamp Taschenbuch - 2549: Knabenjagd
      3.9
    • Riskante Begierden

      • 332 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Kôno Taeko wurde 1926 als Tochter eines Großhändlers in Ôsaka geboren und lebt heute, nach mehreren Jahren in New York, in Tôkyô. Sie gehört zu den wichtigsten japanischen Schriftstellerinnen der Gegenwart. Im Mittelpunkt ihrer Erzählungen stehen Frauen, ihre Lebensentwürfe und Stimmungen in einer modernen Welt: ein beliebiger Feierabend eines Ehepaares irgendwo in einem Tôkyôter Hochhaus, ein Einkauf, ein Museumsbesuch. Aber die festgefügten, anscheinend so wohlbekannten Situationen werden von Vorkommnissen unterlaufen, die in verhaltenem Schrecken und Grausamkeit enden. Kôno Taekos meisterhafte Erzählungen präsentieren 'Horribles unter glatter Haut'.

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      3.5
    • Antologija suvremene japanske novele

      • 281 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Najnovija antologija japanske novele sadrži manje poznate pisce u nas, odnosno one koji spadaju u poslijeratnu produkciju i, kako kaže sastavljač antologije Tanaka Kazuo, one što pišu "čistu" književnost, a ne ispušta ni one koji u Japanu imaju već stečenu popularnost. U predgovoru su istaknute glavne karakteristike japanske proze od početaka (Kojiki, Zapisi o drvenim stvarima, 712) do Meiji razdoblja, otvaranja prema Zapadu (1868). U to najnovije vrijeme je slijedilo razvrstavanje u pisce što su bili podložni isključivo tradicionalnim kriterijima te one što su u djelima spajali naslijeđa obiju kultura i naposlijetku one najmlađe što su se nazivali naturalistima. Uglavnom je sastavljač želio doznačiti što japanska publika voli kako bi ovaj izbor ostao najjapanskiji u tom smislu.

      Antologija suvremene japanske novele