Kafu the Scribbler; the life and writings of Nagai Kafu, 1879-1959 [by] Edward Seidensticker
Format: hardcover
ASIN: B002BCBYPU
Publish date: 1965
Publisher: Stanford Calif. Stanford University Press
Edition language: English
Every English-speaker with the remotest interest in Japanese literature has at least a few books translated by Edward Seidensticker (1921 – 2007) in their library. One could make the case that his supple translations made it possible for Kawabata Yasunari to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature....