Description: This is sourced from the front flap, an image is provided with a listing. This book is the first full-length study of Koda Aya (1904 to 1990), one of the most brilliant post-war World War II writers in Japan. Is it a biographical account of Aya's tangled relationship with her famous literary father, Koda Rohan, and her struggle to achieve a writer's identity and a personal voice within the restrictions placed on her as a woman in 20th century Japan. It is also a critical examination of Aya's fiction and nonfiction and their pertinence to the broader literary and social contexts within which she wrote. Condition Note: This hardcover with dust cover has wear to the dust cover edges that includes a small tear to the front flap at the top of the hinge. The hardcover has a sound binding without signs of previous ownership or readily apparent marks or notes to the text.
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Type: scholarly research
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition
Original Language: Japanese
Book Title: Writings of Koda Aya, a Japanese Literary Daughter
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 1993
Topic: Asian / Japanese, General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 18.9 Oz
Author: Alan M. Tansman
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Book Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute
Format: Hardcover
