{"product_id":"the-woman-with-the-flying-head-and-other-stories-9780765601582","title":"The Woman with the Flying Head and Other Stories","description":"This is an English-language anthology of Kurahashi Yumiko's short stories, whose subversive fiction defies established definitions of \"literature\", \"Japan\", \"modernity\" and \"femininity\", and represents an important intellectual aspect of modern Japanese women's literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kurahashi Yumiko, Atsuko Sakaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765601582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/1997 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/1997 pg. 1738\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/05\/1998 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKurahashi Yumiko, the original author of The Adventures of Sumiyakist Q (translated by Dennis Keene), is renowned for intellectual qualities comparable to those of Franz Kafka and Abe K?b? demonstrated in her short stories, essays, and novels. She has been awarded several literary prizes, including Jory? bungaku sh? (Women's Literary Prize), Tamura Toshiko sh? (Tamura Toshiko Prize), and Izumi Ky?ka sh? (Izumi Ky?ka Prize)., \u003cbr\u003e Atsuko Sakaki is Associate Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. Her publications include K?i to shite no sh?setsu (Shin'y?sha, 1996), Ibuse bungaku no honshitsu (Translation of Anthony Liman's book on Ibuse Masuji; Meiji shoin, 1994), and a number of English and Japanese articles on Kurahashi Yumiko and others. She is finishing a book manuscript in English on the contextuality of narration in prose fiction by S?seki, ?gai, Tanizaki, and Ibuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43750581960819,"sku":"9.78077E+12","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_51699f8c-3b8e-41e0-828f-3b69dd6ca8eb.jpg?v=1756465462","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-woman-with-the-flying-head-and-other-stories-9780765601582","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}