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The Temple Of The Wild Geese And Bamboo
Tsutomu Mizukami
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Description for The Temple Of The Wild Geese And Bamboo
Hardback. Translator(s): Washburn, Dennis C. Series: Japanese Literature Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
The Temple of the Wild Geese, a semi-autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mother, a beggar, abandoned him. Sent to live at a temple at the age of ten, his resentment smolders for years until it explodes in a shocking climax. In Bamboo Dolls of Echizen, no woman is willing to marry the diminutive Kisuke, a bamboo artisan, until Tamae, a prostitute, comes to pay her respects at the grave of Kisuke's father. In Tamae, Kisuke sees shadows of his own mother, who died when he was young, ... Read more
The Temple of the Wild Geese, a semi-autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mother, a beggar, abandoned him. Sent to live at a temple at the age of ten, his resentment smolders for years until it explodes in a shocking climax. In Bamboo Dolls of Echizen, no woman is willing to marry the diminutive Kisuke, a bamboo artisan, until Tamae, a prostitute, comes to pay her respects at the grave of Kisuke's father. In Tamae, Kisuke sees shadows of his own mother, who died when he was young, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Japanese Literature Series
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564784902
SKU
V9781564784902
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About Tsutomu Mizukami
Tsutomu Minakami, also known as Mizukami Tsutomu, was a popular and prolific Japanese author of novels, detective stories, biographies, and plays. Many of his stories were made into movies.
Reviews for The Temple Of The Wild Geese And Bamboo
excellent glimpses of worlds of pre-war Japan that have disappeared' -Asian Review of Books