Still Life and Other Stories
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Still Life and Other Stories
By (Author) Junzo Shono
Translated by Wayne P. Lammers
16.00
Stone Bridge Press
Stone Bridge Press
1st July 1998
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
264
Width 132mm, Height 210mm, Spine 15mm
326g
Description
Winner of the Pen Center West Award, this delicate collection of thirteen linked tales reveals the flow of daily life in the modern Japanese family. Junzo Shono's artful layering of commonplace events, images, and conversations has been compared to haiku poetry crossed with an Ozu film. Starred review in Publishers Weekly.
Reviews
"Shono conveys both intimacy and distance, tranquility and tension, as he explores the shifting relations between husband and wife, father and son, brother and sister." -Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Junzo Shono was born in 1921 and lives in Kawasaki, Japan. Has won numerous literary awards, including the Yomiuri Prize for Evening Clouds. Raised in Japan, Wayne P. Lammers ( Ph.D. in Japanese) taught at the university level. He was translation editor for Mangajin and is considered one of the finest translators of Japanese literature today.
