Japanese Writers and the West

By Sumie Okada

This book concludes Sumie Okada's trilogy concerning cultural relationships between Japan and the West. This volume discusses six Japanese authors (Soseki, Mishima, Akiko Yosano, Hiroshi Yosano, Endo and Murakami), analysing the encounter between their traditional Japanese group-consciousness and western individualism. It also covers Endo's student days in Lyon, and his relationship with the humanist Fran oise Pastre, appending a moving account by her sister Genevi ve.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333743105
• ISBN13: 9780333743102
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 9.0"