2012, ISBN: 9780393040852

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Great Britain: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990, First Edition Hardcover Book and Dus… Mehr…

Great Britain: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990, First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Blue cloth, 8vo. xviii, 350 pages. Black/white illustrations. Japan is one of the most successful nations in the twentieth century, underpinned by a culture which fascinates and at times mystifies the West. Hugh Cortazzi, one of Britain's leading authorities on Japan, celebrates and analyzes that diverse and intriguing heritage, through a maze of religious and ethical influences to trace the development of Japanese society, from her rich heritage of sculpture, painting, pottery, porcelain and lacquer, to her wealth of literature, as well as the country's social, economic, and political history. 350 pages including Notes, Glossary and Index. 71 B/W photographs and illustrations on plates plus 4 maps, plans and diagrams. 6.5 x 1.6 x 9.5 inches. 1990, Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN10: 0283996471, ISBN13: 978028399647, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990, 5, Pm Press, 2012-07-17. Paperback. New. A man and woman find their genders and sexualities brought radically into question when their bodies sprout new parts, seemingly out of thin air?. A man travels from Japan to Latin America in search of revolutionary purpose and finds much more than he bargains for?. A journalist investigates a poisoning at an elementary school and gets lost in an underworld of buried crimes, secret societies, and haunted forests?. Two young killers, exiled from Japan, find a new beginning as resistance fighters in Peru?. These are but a few of the stories told in We, the Children of Cats, a new collection of provocative early works by Tomoyuki Hoshino, winner of the 2011 Kenzaburo Oe Award in Literature and author of the powerhouse novel Lonely Hearts Killer (PM Press, 2009). Drawing on sources as diverse as Borges, Nabokov, Garcia-Marquez, Kenji Nakagami and traditional Japanese folklore, Hoshino creates a challenging, slyly subversive literary world all his own. By turns teasing and terrifying, laconic and luminous, the stories in this anthology demonstrate Hoshino?s view of literature as ?an art that wavers, like a heat shimmer, between joy at the prospect of becoming something else and despair at knowing that such a transformation is ultimately impossible?a novel?s words trace the pattern of scars left by the struggle between these two feelings.? Blending an uncompromising ethical vision with exuberant, freewheeling imagery and bracing formal experimentation, the five short stories and three novellas included in We, the Children of Cats show the full range and force of Hoshino?s imagination; the anthology also includes an afterword by translator and editor Brian Bergstrom and a new preface by Hoshino himself., Pm Press, 2012-07-17, 6, Tuttle Publishing. Facsimile. 203pp. Minimal shelf wear to covers o/w excellent condition. . VG+. Soft cover. 2000., Tuttle Publishing, 2000, 3, New York : Norton, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 384 p : ill., map ; 24 cm. Subjects: Military ethics Japan History. Sociology, Military Japan History. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean. World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities. Japan Armed Forces History. Genre: History. Language: English., New York : Norton, 1997, 0<

1997, ISBN: 9780393040852

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New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing First Edition per same date (1964) on Title Page & Copyright Page with no other prin… Mehr…

New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing First Edition per same date (1964) on Title Page & Copyright Page with no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, black Chinese letters on front board, and black panels with silver gilt lettering on spine. Small white spot on front board. Top stained red. Former owner's name in ink on top back of front board. Contains a section of 4 leaves / 8 pages of 16 illustrations / b&w photographs. Also five maps. Less than 40 pages in the last chapters have unobtrusive ink lines / brackets in margins / underlining with two or three tiny margin notes. 470 numbered pages; concludes with Section of Notes to the chapters, Section of a Bibliography Note, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket in good condition with shelf & edge wear; chips to head & heel of spine and corners; rubbing; several scratches; age toning to the white of the back of jacket & flaps; not price clipped. * From the front flap, ""One of the great needs today is for a clear picture of the history of China in the twentieth century. Mr. Clubb's book is a political history of China from the dynastic era to the present Communist period. It deals with domestic developments as well as with foreign relations - especially American, Japanese, and Russian - wherever they have an important bearing on domestic evolution."" See third photo: back jacket - info on the author., Columbia University Press, 1964, 2.75, Norton, 1997., 1997. 1st ed. 384p. Photos. Covers from the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 through WW II. Jacket priced. Owner's emboss. Fine/Fine copy. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Book., Norton, 1997., 1997, 5<

1997, ISBN: 9780393040852

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 6.5 x 1.3 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover. 1997. 388 pages.<br>This is a compelling, well-told story that gives us extraordinary insights into why Ja… Mehr…

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 6.5 x 1.3 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover. 1997. 388 pages.<br>This is a compelling, well-told story that gives us extraordinary insights into why Japanese and Chinese see each ot her as they do, how Americans and Russians became involved in the barbarism of Asian conflicts, and why this will be remembered as the century of total and incredibly brutal war. -Walter LaFeber, author of The Clash Chronicles the Japanese military's transfor mation from honorable soldiers known for their chivalry and kindn ess towards their wounded and imprisoned enemies into men who mas sacred hundreds of thousands in the Pacific theater during World War II. Editorial Reviews ., W. W. Norton & Company, 1997, 3<

1997, ISBN: 0393040852

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[EAN: 9780393040852], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Norton, 1997.], Jacket, 1st ed. 384p. Photos. Covers from the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 through WW II. Jacket priced. Owner's emboss. Fi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780393040852], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Norton, 1997.], Jacket, 1st ed. 384p. Photos. Covers from the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 through WW II. Jacket priced. Owner's emboss. Fine/Fine copy, Books<