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Accomplices of silence

Paperback • 1996 • English

Accomplices of silence: the modern Japanese novel

By Miyoshi, Masao

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About the book

The Japanese novel, lately so widely translated, is finding a broader and better informed readership than ever before. Until now, however, no comprehensive critical discussion of the form has been available in a Western language. Masao Miyoshi offers an intensive reading of several outstanding novels of the past hundred years. He explains that the Japanese novel, usually regarded as basically Western in style, retains native elements that utterly resist Western influence. Citing Western, especia...Show more

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ISBN

9780939512768

Publisher

Center for Japanese Studies, the University of Michigan

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Accomplices of silence

Format

Paperback

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