ISBN: 9780870118081 - castaways: two short novels (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. With Dust Jacket. First Edition. Castaways: Two Short Novels by Masuji Ibuse, published in 1987 by Kodansha International, Tokyo, New York, and San Francisco. This is a first edition, first printing hardcover copy. Key features: - First edition, first printing, published in 1987. - Translated by Anthony Liman and David Aylward. - Includes the short novels "Castaways" and "Oshima no Zonnengaki." - Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd. - ISBN: 0-87011-808-0 (U.S. edition). - Printed in Japan. - Features reviews and author information on the back cover. Condition: - Book is in very good condition, with minimal signs of wear. - Spine and covers are clean and intact, with no major scuffs or fading. - Binding is tight; pages are clean and free of marks or tears. - Interior pages are crisp, with no writing or highlighting. - Dust jacket is not present. - Publication details and ISBN are clearly printed on the copyright page. A notable addition to collections of Japanese literature, postwar fiction, or works by Masuji Ibuse. …

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Tokyo and New York: Kodansha USA Inc, 1987. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on jacket flap ($17.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean copy. Octavo, 171 pages, with bibliography Translated from the Japanese by Liman and Aylward. This volume presents two novellas by Ibuse (18981993), the celebrated author of "Black Rain," winner of the Noma Prize. "Castaways" relates the true story of John Manjiro, an illiterate 19th-century Japanese fisherman shipwrecked and rescued by an American vessel, whose experiences in the West helped open Japan to the outside world. The story is based on strict historical fact, illuminated by Ibuse's poetic detail and gentle humor. The second novella tells of a geisha recalling her youthful attachment to a persecuted would-be modernizer in 19th-century Japan.…