{"product_id":"9780802198648","title":"Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of plays, essays, poetry, and reportage compiled by “the 20th-century’s premier scholar of Japanese literature” (\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Japanese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is Donald Keene’s critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark \u003ci\u003eAnthology of Japanese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, \u003ci\u003eModern Japanese Literature \u003c\/i\u003eincludes concise introductions to the writers, as well as a historical introduction by Professor Keene. Includes: “Growing Up” by Higuchi Ichiyō, a lyrical story of pre-adolescence in the nineties; Natsume Sōseki’s story of “Botchan,” an ill-starred and ineffectual Huck Finn; Nagai Kafū’s “The River Sumida;” Yokomitsu Riitchi’s Kafkaesque “Time;” Kawabata Yasunari’s “The Mole;” “The Firefly Hunt;” a glimpse into Tanizaki Junichirō’s masterpiece “Thin Snow;” and the postwar work of such writers as Dazai Osamu and Mishima Yukio.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118481654000,"sku":"9780802198648","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802198648_p0.jpg?v=1769906876","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802198648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}