In the Shade of Spring Leaves
Author | : Robert Lyons Danly |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : 0393309134 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780393309133 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book In the Shade of Spring Leaves written by Robert Lyons Danly and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1992 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higuchi Ichiy, Japan's first woman writer of stature in modern times, was born in 1872 and died at the age of twenty-four. In her brief life she wrote poems, essays, short stories and a great, multivolume diary. This book is made up of a critical biography, interlaced with extracts from the diary, and Robert Danly's translations of nine representative stories.