Bullfight - Couverture souple

Inoue, Yasushi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1782270000 ISBN 13 : 9781782270003

Editeur : Pushkin Press, 2013

Synopsis

First English translation of an amazing debut novella by a major and incredibly prolific Japanese author

Tsugami, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in war-scarred Osaka, agrees to sponsor a bullfight. For months this great gamble consumes him, makes him as wary and combative as if he was in a ring himself. And, as he becomes ever more distant, his lover Sakiko is unsure if she would like to see him succeed or be destroyed.

Yasushi Inoue's novella won him the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and established him as one of Japan's most acclaimed authors. From the planning of a bullfight-through Tsugami's struggle, his focus and his aloneness-he crafts something intensely memorable, a compelling existential tale.

Born in 1907, Yasushi Inoue worked as a journalist and literary editor for many years, only beginning his prolific career as an author in 1949 with Bullfight. He went on to publish 50 novels and 150 short stories, both historical and contemporary, his work making him one of Japan's major literary figures. In 1976 Inoue was presented with the Order of Culture, the highest honour granted for artistic merit in Japan. He died in 1991.

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À propos des auteurs

Born in 1907, Yasushi Inoue worked as a journalist and literary editor for many years, only beginning his prolific career as an author in 1949 with Bullfight. He went on to publish 50 novels and 150 short stories, both historical and contemporary, his work making him one of Japan's major literary figures. In 1976 Inoue was presented with the Order of Culture, the highest honour granted for artistic merit in Japan. He died in 1991.

Michael Emmerich is a translator, editor and an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His many translations include work by Yasunari Kawabata, Genichiro Takahashi and Banana Yoshimoto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pushkin Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782270000
• ISBN 13: 9781782270003
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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