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Will Not Forget Both Laughter & Tears
Tomoko Mitani
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Description for Will Not Forget Both Laughter & Tears
Paperback. Japanese "private writer" bridges gap between traditional and pop cultures with stories of the ordinary. Illustrator(s): Mitani, Tomoko. Translator(s): Meldrum, Yukari F. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Geishas and samurai, manga and animé come to mind when Japan enters the conversation. While these traditional and modern images about the island nation have been widely disseminated in North America, most of us cannot imagine what everyday life is like in Japan. Tomoko Mitani's work addresses this gap with honest responses to the male-dominated society of Japan in a down-to-earth style that looks inward, with stories that are at once intriguing and amusing. Translator Yukari F. Meldrum finds the fine balance in translation between domestication and foreignization, letting a new vantage point emerge. This collection of short stories and ... Read more
Geishas and samurai, manga and animé come to mind when Japan enters the conversation. While these traditional and modern images about the island nation have been widely disseminated in North America, most of us cannot imagine what everyday life is like in Japan. Tomoko Mitani's work addresses this gap with honest responses to the male-dominated society of Japan in a down-to-earth style that looks inward, with stories that are at once intriguing and amusing. Translator Yukari F. Meldrum finds the fine balance in translation between domestication and foreignization, letting a new vantage point emerge. This collection of short stories and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780888645449
SKU
V9780888645449
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About Tomoko Mitani
Tomoko Mitani was born in 1945 and grew up in Hokkaido, Japan. Married with two daughters, she worked as an instructor for Kumon, and her translator Yukari F. Meldrum was one of her students. In addition to various business ventures, she began writing these short stories, which she self-published as a collection in 2002, called Wasurenai, warai mo namida mo. ... Read more
Reviews for Will Not Forget Both Laughter & Tears
"One thing that appealed to Meldrum about the stories was how they showed a side of life in Japan that rarely makes it onto North America's limited radar. We know geishas. We know Godzilla. But we don't know the emotions and routines of a married, middle-class woman in the late 20th century.... Even in Japan, Meldrum says, where these stories ... Read more