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Modern Japanese Novelists: A Biographical Dictionary
by Lewell, John
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 4770016492
- ISBN 13
- 9784770016492
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About This Item
New York: Kodansha International, 1993 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Conditon: As New. xii, 497 pp, preface and acknowledgments, how to use this book, introduction, Modern Japanese Novelests: Abe Kobo - Yoshiyuki Junnosuke; general reading, glossary of names and terms. First Edition, 1993. "Extending beyond the Western definition of "novelist" to include authors of works in the autobiographical "I-Novel" tradition and some of the most eminent practitioners of short fiction, this excellent author-by-author survey of Japanese fiction from 1885 to the present, with individual entries on 57 writers, was created especially with the reader of translations in mind." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown half-cloth with brown paper-covered boards, and gilt lettering to spine..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001419
- Title
- Modern Japanese Novelists: A Biographical Dictionary
- Author
- Lewell, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 4770016492
- ISBN 13
- 9784770016492
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM JAPANESE FICTION NOVELISTS IN TRANSLATION BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES HISTORY & CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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