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The Hunting Gun

By: Yasushi Inoue

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“Delicate and powerful... a haunting, sensitive meditation on memory as well as a wonderful introduction to a master sorely underappreciated in the West. . . timeless, elegiac, and masterful” – Shelf Awareness The story of a love affair and its tragic consequences, told through the letters of three women — a contemporary translation of a Modern classic “A Japanese master. . . Inoue's humane and searching world view is there to be explored” – The Spectator Love, death, truth and loneliness are all intertwined in this masterpiece from one of Japan’s greatest writers. A tragedy in three letters: the masterpiece of one of Japan’s greatest writers A lover, her daughter and the abandoned wife: three letters by three women tell the story of a love affair’s tragic consequences. First Shoko, who finds out about the infidelity through reading her mother’s diary; then Midori, the wife who has always known but never told; and finally the beautiful Saiko, the woman who has betrayed her best friend.Yasushi Inoue’s poised, unsentimental novella is a powerful tale with universal resonance. Written from three different points of view, the story explores the impact of forbidden passion. Don’t miss this stunning new edition of a celebrated translation of a Modern classic — the best known and most accomplished novel by the beloved Japanese author of the acclaimed novella Bullfight.

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Pushkin Press Classics

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180533039X

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9781805330394

Life of a Counterfeiter

By: Yasushi Inoue

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Life of a Counterfeiter

By: Yasushi Inoue

A master forger lives in obscurity and disappointment, oppressed by the shadow of the artist whose work he copies. Unglamorous, unadorned lives such as this form the focus of Yasushi Inoue's tenderly observed, elegantly distilled short stories - two of which are appearing in English for the first time. With a haunting emotional intensity, they offer glimpses of love lost and lives wasted. These three luminous, compassionate tales showcase the mastery and exquisite talent of one of Japan's most beloved writers. Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.

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Pushkin Collection

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1782270027

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Counterfeiter and Other Stories

By: Yasushi Inoue

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Counterfeiter and Other Stories

By: Yasushi Inoue

These three stories illustrate Inoue's versatility, his mastery of detail and his control of narrative structure. Inoue presents the tale as mystery and solution, the tale as psychoanalytic exploration…, the tale as emblematic social history." —Arizona Quarterly In The Counterfeiter, a writer is commissioned to write the biography of a famous painter but becomes fascinated by a man who produced forgeries of the artist's work. Obasute concerns a man's obsession with a legend of old women being taken to a mountain and abandoned, and his interpretation of the actions of members of his family in light of this legend. The Full Moon is a story of company politics, particularly the rise and fall of firm's president, told largely through incidents at annual company parties. Yasushi Inoue was born in 1907. He rose quickly to become one of Japan's most important contemporary writers, winning almost every major Japanese literary prize. Inoue died in 1991.

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462900771

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Bullfight

By: Yasushi Inoue

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Bullfight

By: Yasushi Inoue

Tsugami, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in war-scarred Osaka, agrees to sponsor a bullfight. For months this great gamble consumes him, makes him as wary and combative as if he was in a ring himself. And, as he becomes ever more distant, his lover Sakiko is unsure if she would like to see him succeed or be destroyed.Yasushi Inoue's novella won him the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and established him as one of Japan's most acclaimed authors. From the planning of a bullfight-through Tsugami's struggle, his focus and his aloneness-he crafts something intensely memorable, a compelling existential tale.

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Pushkin Press

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1782270698

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9781782270690

Izu Dancer and Other Stories

The Counterfeiter, Obasute, The Full Moon

By: Yasunari Kawabata,Yasushi Inoue

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Izu Dancer and Other Stories

The Counterfeiter, Obasute, The Full Moon

By: Yasunari Kawabata,Yasushi Inoue

This Japanese literature collection contains four translated stories from two of Japan's most beloved and acclaimed fiction writers. The Izu Dancer, Yasunari Kawabata's first work to bring him recognition as a writer, is a novella about six Izu Peninsula travelers. As the six travelers journey together, intimacy develops and friendship overcomes class differences. Capturing the shy eroticism of adolescence, The Izu Dancer is a charming picture of the times. Yasushi Inoue's The Counterfeiter, although set in modern times, poses universal questions that transcend culture an era. Abasute and The Full Moon both explore themes of separation, loneliness, and isolation. Through the gloomy tales, Inoue's compassion shines, revealing yet another aspect of an author known for his vivid precision and economy of words. Inoue's stories are at least partially autobiographical, and Inoue's attitudes toward human destiny and fatalism are strongly influenced by his separation from his parents at an early age—yet all of his stories reveal his great compassion for his fellow human being.

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1462902162

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9781462902163

The Hunting Gun

By: Yasushi Inoue

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The Hunting Gun

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The Blue Wolf

A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan

By: Yasushi Inoue

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The Blue Wolf

A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan

By: Yasushi Inoue

Beginning with his birth in 1162, The Blue Wolf follows the crucial alliances that led to Chinggis Khan's great campaigns in North China, Bukhara, and Samarkand, as well as the state of Khorazm.

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Columbia University Press

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0231146167

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Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan

By: Yasushi Inoue

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Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan

By: Yasushi Inoue

The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan presents an accurate portrait of this era in Japanese history. Originally published in Japanese in 1959, this classic novel by Yasushi Inoue takes place during the Japanese Warring Era (1467-1573)--a time when a fractured Japan was ruled by three powerful young warlords: Takeda Shingen, Iwagawa Yoshimoto and Hojo Ujiyasu. The story focuses on Takeda Shingen and his one-eyed, crippled strategist, Yamamoto Kansuke. The brilliant strategies of Kansuke, inspired by his passion for war and his admiration for his enemies' war tactics, are beautifully expressed throughout this book. Takeda Shingen--a proud and confident warlord--wants to expand his territory. When he retains the ambitious and mysterious Yamamoto Kansuke--a masterless, unheralded samurai--as his war strategist, he discovers a bold and cunning collaborator. Kansuke's talents at diplomacy and his prescient understanding of war strategy leads Shingen's clan to great success, a path which leads the pair to Princess Yuu. When Kansuke discovers her among the ruins of a castle he has just captured, she is about to commit ritual suicide, jigaki. Kansuke falls under her spell--and convinces her to live to carry on her family's lineage. The conflicting ambitions of Shingen, Kansuke, and Princess Yuu are at the heart of this complex and intensely dramatic story. Each of the three needs the others in order to attain their goals. In the end, the lines between who is using whom are blurred beyond understanding. Though there's some doubt as to whether Kansuke really existed, the historical narrative and depictions of daily life present a unique and engaging look at the end of the feudal era in Japan.

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1462902731

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Tun-huang

By: Yasushi Inoue

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Tun-huang

By: Yasushi Inoue

More than a thousand years ago, an extraordinary trove of early Buddhist sutras and other scriptures was secreted away in caves near the Silk Road city of Tun-huang. But who hid this magnificent treasure and why? In Tun-huang, the great modern Japanese novelist Yasushi Inoue tells the story of Chao Hsing-te, a young Chinese man whose accidental failure to take the all-important exam that will qualify him as a high government official leads to a chance encounter that draws him farther and farther into the wild and contested lands west of the Chinese Empire. Here he finds love, distinguishes himself in battle, and ultimately devotes himself to the strange task of depositing the scrolls in the caves where, many centuries later, they will be rediscovered. A book of magically vivid scenes, fierce passions, and astonishing adventures, Tun-huang is also a profound and stirring meditation on the mystery of history and the hidden presence of the past.

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New York Review of Books

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1590174259

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Counterfeiter and Other Stories

By: Yasushi Inoue

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Counterfeiter and Other Stories

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Bullfight

By: Yasushi Inoue

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Bullfight

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Life of a Counterfeiter

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Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan

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Internal Labour Markets in Japan

By: Kenn Ariga,Giorgio Brunello,Yasushi Ohkusa

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Internal Labour Markets in Japan

By: Kenn Ariga,Giorgio Brunello,Yasushi Ohkusa

Japanese labour market practices have attracted considerable attention in the West for two reasons. Firstly, innovative human resource management (HRM) is responsible for the development of competitive industrial sectors. Secondly, inner flexibility of the labour market has produced low unemployment and wage flexibility. This study, originally published in 2000, provides a thorough investigation of the distinctive features of Japanese internal labour markets (ILM) and occupational labour markets (OLM), closely analyses important changes in ILM and considers future developments. It combines a mixture both of descriptive and of theoretical and econometric work and builds on the authors' wel- known previous research in this area. Also contains a detailed case study and the econometric analysis of HRM policies used by a large Japanese firm. Although the focus is on Japanese ILM, international comparisons are made throughout, mainly with reference to Europe and the United States.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139431420

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The Blue Wolf

A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan

By: Yasushi Inoue

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The Blue Wolf

A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan

By: Yasushi Inoue

Beginning with his birth in 1162, The Blue Wolf follows the crucial alliances that led to Chinggis Khan's great campaigns in North China, Bukhara, and Samarkand, as well as the state of Khorazm.

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Izu Dancer and Other Stories

The Counterfeiter, Obasute, The Full Moon

By: Yasunari Kawabata,Yasushi Inoue

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The Counterfeiter, Obasute, The Full Moon

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Confucius

By: Yasushi Inoue

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Confucius

By: Yasushi Inoue

Retiré depuis la mort de Confucius dans un village perdu du centre de la Chine, un vieil homme, Yanjiang (son nom signifie " Vieux Gingembre "), raconte ce que furent les quinze dernières années du grand maître dont il partagea une partie de la vie. Pourquoi Confucius abandonna-t-il la capitale de sa province où il avait occupé les plus hautes fonctions ? Avait-il un projet secret ? Le dernier disciple du maître tente de donner les clefs du mystère. Mais plus qu'une évocation biographique, Inoué raconte une captivante aventure politique et humaine au cours de l'une des périodes les plus troublées de l'histoire de la Chine du Ve siècle av. J.-C.

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livre de poche

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2253933376

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9782253933373

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