The Times of Botchan Vol.4: Autumn's Ballerina Concludes - Softcover

Taniguchi, Jiro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8496427137 ISBN 13: 9788496427136

Verlag: Ponent Mon, S.L., 2010

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[b]A CHANGING NATION[/b]The Meiji period (1867 - 1912) saw the important formative years of modern Japan unfold. Contemporary author, Soseki Natsume, wrote a book entitled [i]Botchan[/i] based on his experiences in this fast-changing world. [i]The times of Botchan[/i] is a fictionalized account of Natsume and his circle of poets and writers, peppered with events and famous characters of the time. This, the fourth of ten volumes, focuses on the relationship between Army Medical Officer and poet, ?gai Mori and the German dancer Elise Weigert - Autumn's Ballerina - and the strains placed on it by Japanese society.Other titles in the series:[i]The Times of Botchan[/i]: 1:978-84-96427-01-3 2:978-84-96427-09-9 3:978-84-96427-12-9

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Biografía del autor

Jiro Taniguchi was born 1947 in Tottori, Japan. He trained in the 60's and debuted in 1971 in 'Young Comic'. During the 70's he worked with author Natsuo Sekikawa before launching into their massive work 'The times of Botchan' in the 80's. The 90's saw many solo works including the prize winning 'A Distant Neighborhood'. The new millenium saw Taniguchi's epic adaptation of Baku Yumemakura's novel 'The Summit of the Gods' into a 1500 page manga. He continues to live and work in Japan.

[b]Natsuo Sekikawa[/b] was born in November, 1949. Mostly an historian and essayist he collaborated with [b]Jiro Taniguchi[/b] from 1976 - 79 writing hard boiled stories like [i]Lindo 3[/i]. They followed this up in the 1980's with the award winning series [i]Botchan No Jidai[/i]. [b]Jiro Taniguchi[/b] was born in Tottori, Japan in 1947.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Ponent Mon, S.L.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 8496427137
• ISBN 13: 9788496427136
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 133
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