TUTTLE Autumn Wind And Other Stories Novel

About Autumn Wind and Other Stories Novel

Autumn Wind and Other Stories novel features translation by Lane Dunlop.

Spanning 60 years of 20th century Japanese literature, this anthology covers Japan’s growth from a more traditional country into a distinctly modern one. Most of these stories had not been previously translated into English, opening up a vast new literary canon to Western readers. Award-winning translation Lane Dunlop introduces a cast of characters that stray beyond stereotypical images of bowing geisha and dark-suited businessmen.

The 14 stories include:

Lovers of fiction and students of Japan are certain to find these stories absorbing, engaging and instructive.

• The Fox by Nagai Kafu
• Flash Storm by Satomi Ton
• One Woman and the War by Sakaguchi Ango
• Borneo Diamond by Hayashi Fumiko
• Invitation to Suicide by Watanabe Jun’ichi
• Lovers of fiction and students of Japan are certain to find these stories absorbing, engaging and instructive.