Still Lives by Natsuki Ikezawa - 1997

Kodansha Amer Inc, 1997 A collection of four longish short stories by a master of that form. First printing of US edition (complete number line). No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

Tokyo. 1997. Kodansha. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 4770021852. Translated from the Japanese by Dennis Keene. 227 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Translated Japan Asia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ikezawa has been described as one of the best short story writers in the world today. he won his country's highest literary award ten years ago, readers hailed the arrival of a new voice in Japanese fiction: clear, unerring, and resonant. As the title itself suggests, all four of the stories in this collection are in some way about people moving away from ordinary life, seeing things from a distance, as though looking at their world through the window of a spaceship moving into orbit. In the last and most daring piece of all, an international team is sent to explore a ruined site in northern Afghanistan. A helicopter crash reduces their number to two, a Japanese and a French- man, who decide to press on. Watched by a high, circling eagle, they find what appears to be a ruined citadel,… Read More

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