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  • Tales of Moonlight and Rain

    by Akinari Ueda ...
    Translated by Anthony Chambers ...
    First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film Ugetsu.The title Ugetsu monogatari ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Ugetsu Monogatari or Tales of Moonlight and Rain (Routledge Revivals)

    A Complete English Version of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese collection of Tales of the Supernatural

    by Ueda Akinari ...
    Translated by Leon Zolbrod ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Ugetsu Monogatari, or Tales of Moonlight and Rain numbers among the best-loved Japanese classics. These nine illustrated tales of the supernatural from eighteenth-century Osaka combine popular appeal with a high literary standard. The author expressed his complex views on human life and society in simple yet poetic language. Akinari questioned the prevailing moral values and standards of his age ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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    by Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur ...
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  • The Taste of Apples

    Translated by Howard Goldblatt ...
    by Huang Huang Chun-ming ...
    Series series Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
    From the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang is frequently cited as one of the most original and gifted storytellers in the Chinese language, and these selections reveal his genius.In "The Two Sign Painters," TV reporters ambush two young workers from the ... Read more

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  • Wild Kids

    Two Novels About Growing Up

    Translated by Michael Berry ...
    by Ta-chun Chang ...
    Series series Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
    These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Chang Ta-chun's intricate narrative and keen, ironic sense of humor poignantly and piercingly convey the disillusionment and cynicism of modern Taiwanese ... Read more

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  • Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes

    A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

    by Richard A. LaFleur ...
    An outstanding and enjoyable companion reader to the Wheelock's curriculum, or any introductory Latin textbook.From one of the country's leading Latinists, this reader is the perfect complement to any Latin program, and the first collection of entirely authentic classical Latin texts that beginning students, from the very first day of their introduction to Latin, can read and enjoy.Beginning with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Envisioning The Tale of Genji

    Media, Gender, and Cultural Production

    Edited by Haruo Shirane ...
    Bringing together scholars from across the world, Haruo Shirane presents a fascinating portrait of The Tale of Genji's reception and reproduction over the past thousand years. The essays examine the canonization of the work from the late Heian through the medieval, Edo, Meiji, Taisho, Showa, and Heisei periods, revealing its profound influence on a variety of genres and fields, including modern ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature

    by J. Thomas Rimer ...
    Series series Modern Asian Literature Series
    Featuring choice selections from the core anthologies The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From Restoration to Occupation, 1868–1945, and The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From 1945 to the Present, this collection offers a concise yet remarkably rich introduction to the fiction, poetry, drama, and essays of Japan's modern encounter with the West. Spanning a ... Read more

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  • Only in Canada You Say

    A Treasury of Canadian Language

    by Katherine Barber ...
    Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadian toque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it ... Read more

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  • There a Petal Silently Falls

    Three Stories by Ch'oe Yun

    by Ch'oe Yun ...
    Translated by Ju-Chan Fulton, Bruce Fulton ...
    Series series Weatherhead Books on Asia
    Ch'oe Yun is a Korean author known for her breathtaking versatility, subversion of authority, and bold exploration of the inner life. Readers celebrate her creative play with fantasy and admire her deep engagement with trauma, history, and the vagaries of remembrance.In this collection's title work, There a Petal Silently Falls, Ch'oe explores both the genesis and the aftershocks of historical ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them

    by Judy Parkinson ...
    Series Book 5 - I Used to Know That
    How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? What do chips on shoulders have to do with inferiority complexes? And who is the face that launched a thousand ships? Did you know that 'the rule of thumb' refers to the use of the thumb to make measurements, as the first joint of the average adult thumb measures one inch?Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas provides us with the ... Read more

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  • Sources of Japanese Tradition

    1600 to 2000

    Edited by Carol Gluck, Arthur Tiedemann, Wm. Theodore De Bary ...
    Series series Introduction to Asian Civilizations
    Since it was first published more than forty years ago, Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 2, has been considered the authoritative sourcebook for readers and scholars interested in Japan from the eighteenth century to the post-World War II period. Now greatly expanded to include the entire twentieth century, and beginning in 1600, Sources of Japanese Tradition presents writings from modern ... Read more

    $94.99 USD