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Carpenter conveys Dazai’s discordant voices while sweeping away some of the rhetorical cobwebs of Donald Keene’s 1956 translation and its dated introduction, making this the definitive edition of an epochal classic of postwar Japan for a new generation.
A more conventional historical saga than its fragmentary predecessors, Alcalá’s timely novel highlights small but meaningful acts of rebellion and casts light on the illusory nature of the borders we draw within, around, and between us.
Neider’s timeless novel sneaks up on readers with a kind of elliptical genius that simultaneously celebrates and subverts its mythos, anticipating and surpassing many of the revisionist Westerns that were to follow.
Uncompromising in its raw carnality, Jones’s bold account of a woman’s lost decade eschews conventional racial and gender issues, immersing readers in a deeply personal odyssey as fervid as it is unforgettable.
No political bookshelf is complete without this engaging primer with its fervent yet pragmatic plea for a more just and equitable society, forged in an era of economic and ideological extremes, not entirely unlike today.
Valéry is the first to acknowledge that M. Teste is not fit company for everyone, but for those seekers eager to peer through forms toward essences, this beguiling, deceptively slim volume will reward multiple readings.
Uno’s own remarkable biography provides ample dramatic incident, but it is the reticent poise and reflective musings of the mature author, well conveyed in Copeland’s graceful 1992 translation, that elevate her narrative beyond mere confessional.
Anticipating grisly Jacobean theatrics and the gothic novel, this remarkable recovery from the rhetorically rowdy Renaissance is a marvelously heady concoction for adventuresome ink drinkers.