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THE HOUSE OF NIRE. by Kita, Morio - (1984)

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THE HOUSE OF NIRE. by Kita, Morio - (1984)

THE HOUSE OF NIRE.

by Kita, Morio

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New York & Tokyo:: Kodansha International,, (1984). Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (bookplate and owner's embossed seal, price-clipped) .. First US printing. The author's first novel to be translated into English, this follows the fortunes of the Nire family from the end of the first World War to the second war - including the great Kanto earthquake of 1923, the rise of militarism in Japan and the transformation of Tokyo into a great metropolis, ending with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Translated by Dennis Keene. Ribbon marker bound in, 519 pp.
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  • Book Condition Used - Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (bookplate and owner's embossed seal, price-clipped) .
  • Jacket Condition near fine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • ISBN 10 0870115928
  • ISBN 13 9780870115929
  • Publisher Kodansha International,
  • Place of Publication New York & Tokyo:
  • Date Published (1984)
  • Keywords historical fiction, literature in translation, world war i, japan,

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Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1984. 519pp. Maroon cloth boards, silver titles on spine. Volume is crisp and bright, with clean, unmarked pages. Dust jacket shows only mild wear at upper front edge. Otherwise shiny and intact, not price clipped, with original price on front jacket flap. "The House of Nire will come as a surprise to readers who expect a Japanese novel to be a mixture of gloom and sensitivity. This one is unashamedly comic, and its view of human life derives from a warm curiosity that accepts the world as it is and wastes no time complaining about it. Readers will feel themselves in the company of somebody who understands with intelligence, judges with generosity, and often, sometimes uproariously, laughs and enjoys. The book relates the history of the Nire family from the end of the First World War to the end of the Second. We meet Kiichiro Nire, founder not only of the family mental hospital but of the family itself, for he has changed their real name to something more… Read More
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