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The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot
by Anthony H. Chambers ; Jun Ichiro Tanizaki
ISBN: 0375719318
ISBN-13: 9780375719318
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Two novellas-one set in medieval Japan, the other in the twentieth century-by one of Japan's great writers probe the nature of obsession and memory with masterly aesthetic restraint.
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"Arrowroot is related with a delightful deftness, in the blunt easy tone of a born writer." -- John Updike
-- New Yorker
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2003
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.52 pounds
Pages: 224
Publisher's Notes
A pair of sophisticated novels by one of Japan's most important novelists of the twentieth century tells the stories of an ancient Japanese warrior obsessed with severed heads, and of two friends who journey into a mountain region cloaked in legends.
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Junichiro Tanizaki
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Junichiro Tanizaki; Anthony H. Chambers
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