Out of the Alleyway: Nakagami Kenji and the Poetics of Outcaste Fiction (Harvard East Asian Monographs): 290 (Harvard East Asian Monographs (HUP))

by Eve Zimmerman (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

  $44.11

  The writer Nakagami Kenji (1946-1992) rose to fame in the mid-1970s for his vivid stories about a clan scarred by violence and poverty on the underside of the Japanese economy. This book is a study of Nakagami's life and oeuvre delving into the writer's literary world, exploring the genres, forms, and themes with which Nakagami worked.