8359823
9781885445308
This volume introduces stories by three important postwar authors: Tawada Yoko, who lives in Hamburg and publishes both in German and Japanese, brings insight into how individual languages and the spaces between them work; Hayashi Kyoko, a Nagasaki author who spent her childhood years in wartime Shanghai, has written about both A-bomb and colonial experiences; and Nakagami Kenji, a native of Shingu in Wakayama, is the first Japanese author to identify himself as burakumin. his work concentrates on the themes of burakumin and their heritage.Selden, Kyoko is the author of 'Annotated Japanese Literary Gems. Vol. 1 Stories by Tawada Yoko, Nakagami Kenji, and Hayashi Kyoko (Japanese Edition)', published 2006 under ISBN 9781885445308 and ISBN 188544530X.
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