Modern Japanese WritersJay Rubin This is the first encyclopedia in the Scribner Writers Series to focus on Asian writers and genres. It highlights 25 of the most widely translated Japanese authors, such as Yukio Mishima, Kobo Abe, Junichiro Tanizaki and Fumiko Enchi. |
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AKUTAGAWA RYŪNOSUKE Howard Hibbett | 19 |
ATOMIC BOMB WRITERS Karen L Thornber | 49 |
DAZAI OSAMU Joel Cohn | 71 |
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