ITO-SAN: STORIES
Language: English
Published by Peter Owen,, London,, 1991
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
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First Edition. Signed. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm. 136 pp. Original publisher's grey cloth lettered gilt at the spine. An English language edition of these interlinked stories of the seamier side of Japanese life. Translated from the French and with an introduction by James Kirkup. Signed by James Kirkup on the title page Fine in very good indeed dustwrapper with very short closed hair at head of spine very minor wear and no loss. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.
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- Title
- ITO-SAN: STORIES
- Author
- MARC RIGAUDIS James Kirkup (Trans.,)
- Publisher
- Peter Owen,, London,
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Signed
- Signedes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 072060818X
- ISBN 13
- 9780720608182
- Edition
- 1st Edition
James Kirkup, who has translated the book into English and lived in Japan, says in his introduction that to succeed in that country one cannot be an 'outsider', someone different from everyone else, especially a foreigner. He writes: 'Japan rejects the original, the individual, in favour of the stereotyped, the group.....It is against this frightening background of monotonous social conformity and standardized daily existence that Marc Rigaudis has composed his remarkable collection of stories. His style is plain, direct, unsparing; his themes are far removed from the usual rose-tinted views of Japan.'
Ito-San grips the reader from the first page to the last, the author capturing the oriental ambience and idiosyncrasies of his well-drawn characters with a truly authentic Nipponese touch.
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