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The Sound of the Wind

The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo

By: Rebecca L. Copeland,Uno Chiyo

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The Sound of the Wind

The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo

By: Rebecca L. Copeland,Uno Chiyo

Fashion ingenue, magazine editor, kimono designer, femme fatale, prize-winning writer--Uno Chiyo has becomeone of twentieth-century Japan's most accomplished and celebrated women. In this two-part volume, Rebecca L. Copeland offers Western readers a fascinating portrait of Uno's life along with translations of three of her distinctive works of short fiction. Part One depicts Uno's sometimes turbulent passage from obscurity in a small village to national literary prominence. There are the early years under her father's stern turelage; the first scandalous, failed romance which cost her her job as a schoolteacher; her apprenticeship at Enrakuken, the coffee shop of the literary elite whose ranks she laters joined as a resident of the "Magome Literati Village"; her series of passionate and troubled relationships and marriages. Throughout, Dr. Copeland focuses on the evolution of Uno's art and discusses her major works, paying special attention to the effect being female had on Uno's development as a writer. The three stories in Part Two are examples of Uno's work at its finest. "The Puppet Maker" (1942), a much-admired reflection on art and life, describes an encounter with a venerable carver of puppets. "The Sound of the Wind" (1969) is the tale of a wife at the turn of the century who willingly denies her own needs. "This Powder Box" (1966) shows a progressive career woman coming to terms with an old love affair. At once compelling and lyrical, the stories are a masterful interpretation of tradition, of women, and of self-fulfullment. The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo will engage both specialists and general readers interested in twentieth-century Japan, literature, and women's issues.

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University of Hawaii Press

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Three Japanese Short Stories

By: Ryunosuke Akutagawa,Kafu Nagai,Chiyo Uno

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Three Japanese Short Stories

By: Ryunosuke Akutagawa,Kafu Nagai,Chiyo Uno

Oh the cruelty of time, that destroys all things!' Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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The Sound of the Wind

The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo

By: Rebecca L. Copeland,Uno Chiyo

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The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo

By: Rebecca L. Copeland,Uno Chiyo

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Three Japanese Short Stories

By: Ryunosuke Akutagawa,Kafu Nagai,Chiyo Uno

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By: Ryunosuke Akutagawa,Kafu Nagai,Chiyo Uno

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The Sound of the Wind

The Sound of the Wind

Three Japanese Short Stories

Three Japanese Short Stories

The Sound of the Wind

The Sound of the Wind

Three Japanese Short Stories

Three Japanese Short Stories

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