"The sting of death" and other stories

Until a recent "boom," Shimao Toshio, writer of short fiction, critic, and essayist, was not widely known, even in Japan. He has never won the Akutagawa or the Naoki Prize, and none of his works had previously appeared in English translation. He is less well known than other writers (Yasuo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shimao, Toshio, 1917-1986 (-)
Other Authors: Sparling, Kathryn, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press 1985.
Series:Michigan papers in Japanese studies ; no. 12.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424824806719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Notes to the Introduction
  • The Farthest Edge Of The Islands
  • This Time That Summer
  • Everyday Life in a Dream
  • The Sting of Death
  • Out of the Depths
  • The Heart That Slips Away
  • Interpretive Comments on the Stories
  • "The Farthest Edge of the Islands" and "This Time That Summer"
  • "Everyday Life in a Dream"
  • "The Sting of Death," "Out of the Depths," and "The Heart that Slips Away"
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography.