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This memoir is by a translator who has introduced two generations of English-language audiences to the masterpieces of classical and modern Japanese literature. His patient rendering of novels ranging from the 11th-century Tale of Genji to works of such modern masters as Junichiro Tanizaki, Yukio Mishima and Nobel-Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata has earned him the National Book Award as well as the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan's highest honour for foreigners.
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McLellan Book: Tokyo Central, Edward Seidensticker
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- Released
- 2002
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- McLellan Book: Tokyo Central
- Subtitle
- A Memoir
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Edward Seidensticker
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 250
- ISBN10
- 0295981342
- ISBN13
- 9780295981345
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Literary Studies, USA, Biographies, Culture and Society, Japan, Literary Criticism, Japanese Literature, Japanese, Translators
- Rating
- 3.15 out of 5
- Description
- This memoir is by a translator who has introduced two generations of English-language audiences to the masterpieces of classical and modern Japanese literature. His patient rendering of novels ranging from the 11th-century Tale of Genji to works of such modern masters as Junichiro Tanizaki, Yukio Mishima and Nobel-Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata has earned him the National Book Award as well as the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan's highest honour for foreigners.