{"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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":46513419419889,"sku":"9780802198648","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780802198648_p0.jpg?v=1773311068","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802198648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}