The Three Cornered World
The Three Cornered World is the novelistic expression of the contrast between the Western ethical view of reality and the Eastern ethical view by one of Japan's most beloved authors.
The Three Cornered World is the novelistic expression of the contrast between the Western ethical view of reality and the Eastern ethical view by one of Japan's most beloved authors.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780895267689 (0895267683)
Publish date: February 25th 1989
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Art,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Poetry,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
IntroductionA Note on the TranslationAcknowledgmentsSuggestions for Further Reading--KusamakuraNotes
Three-Cornered World, also know as Grass Pillow, is a story of little narrative substance. The main character stays for a time at a country inn. He struggles with the meanings of being an artist and the ability to convey his thoughts and emotions in the written word or on canvas. The innkeeper's dau...