Ugetsu Monogatari. Tales of Moonlight and Rain. A Complete English Version of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese Collection of Tales of the Supernatural.
by UEDA, AKINARI
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London.: George Allen & Unwin.. 1974.. Translated and edited by Leon M. Zolbrod. Black and white map and illustrations, 280pp, notes, appendices, bibliography, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, endpapers little browned, spine sunned, a very good hardback copy. "A collection of nine beautifully wrought tales of the supernatural, Ugetsu Monogatari is one of the greatest masterpieces of Edo fiction. Written by Ueda Akinari and first published in 1776, it is universally admired for the classical elegance of its style and for the supreme skill with which the tales are constructed and recounted." (Publisher's description). .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213268
- Title
- Ugetsu Monogatari. Tales of Moonlight and Rain. A Complete English Version of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese Collection of Tales of the Supernatural.
- Author
- UEDA, AKINARI
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1974.
- Keywords
- Anthology, Asia, East Asia, Japan, Literature, Mythology, Short Stories, Supernatural, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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