During the Rains & Flowers in the Shade - Hardcover

by Kafu Nagai (Author), Lane Dunlop (Translator)

A Stanford University Press classic.

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Though little enough is translated . . . it is apparent to the Western reader that here is one of the finest of modern Japanese novelists. These new translations consolidate this already deserved reputation.--Donald Richie, The Japan Times
"Kafu's dispassionate, vivid pictures of life in Tokyo's decaying pleasure quarters."--World Literature Today