Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll (Voices from Asia) (Volume 12) - Lawrence Rogers

Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll (Voices from Asia) (Volume 12) by Lawrence Rogers

Format: Paperback

Published by University of California Press, 2002

This anthology of translated short stories by Japanese writers captures the city of Tokyo through most of the twentieth century--a period of war, bombing, urbanization, and modernization, in short, constant change that has altered and continues to alter the very geography of the city. The eighteen stories, varying from literary sketches to popular fiction, picture everyday life in different parts of the city--in its nightclubs, department stores, bars, homes, and working-class neighborhoods. For the tourist, armchair traveler, or long-time resident, this book is a literary excursion into Tokyo illuminated by the evocative, and often ironic, words of its writers.