The Silver Spoon (eBook, ePUB) - Naka, Kansuke
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one of the singular classics of early 20th century Japanese literature, and perhaps the most admired childhood memoir ever written in Japan, The Silver Spoon for Japanese readers evokes nostalgia for the past, memories of their own childhood, and that favorite bittersweet Japanese emotion of beauty tinged with regret. the loose plot and close observation of detail epitomize a Japanese style of writing that is still much admired and appeals to those (many of them "older" readers) who do not care for the Murasaki modernist tone translated by Hiroaki Sato, one of the most eminent translators of…mehr

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  • one of the singular classics of early 20th century Japanese literature, and perhaps the most admired childhood memoir ever written in Japan, The Silver Spoon for Japanese readers evokes nostalgia for the past, memories of their own childhood, and that favorite bittersweet Japanese emotion of beauty tinged with regret.
  • the loose plot and close observation of detail epitomize a Japanese style of writing that is still much admired and appeals to those (many of them "older" readers) who do not care for the Murasaki modernist tone
  • translated by Hiroaki Sato, one of the most eminent translators of Japanese literature and poetry, with many works to his credit
  • a fresh new work representing a literary period and style that has not seen much action in the past 10-15 years
  • NOTE: we are releasing this book as short run digital print only due to expected low volume of preorders

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    Autorenporträt
    Kansuke Naka (1885-1965) was a Japanese poet, essayist, and novelist. He was a student of the great novelist Soseki Natsume, who lavishly praised the "freshness and dignity of Naka's prose and encouraged the first publication of The Silver Spoon.

    Hiroaki Sato is a writer, reviewer, and translator with over forty works of classical and modern Japanese poetry, prose, and fiction published in English. He has received the PEN American Center Translation Prize and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. He lives in New York City and writes a monthly column on politics and society for the Japan Times.