Author | Yasushi Sato |
Publisher | KAWADE SHOBO SHINSHA LTD. Publishers |
ISBN | 978 - 4309020389 |
Category | Literature & Fiction |
Publication | May, 2011 |
Estimated length | 312P |
Size | 135 × 194 mm |
This collection features the stories Sato wrote before his debut, from the ages of 18 to 29, and contains ten works in total.
Reviews
“His literature was far ahead of its time, especially considering our world in which problems from poverty to war are still left unsolved.”
---From the Commentary
About the Author
Yasushi Sato was born in 1949 in Hokkaido. He began writing novels in high school after being in.uenced by Sher-wood Anderson, Cesare Pavese, and Kenzaburo Oe.
His novel And Your Bird Can Sing was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 1981, and he was subsequently nomi-nated 5 more times. The Light Shines Only There was nominated for the Yukio Mishima Prize in 1989.
Sato died in 1990.
FOREIGN EDITIONS
Publisher | 株式会社河出書房新社 |
Publication | January, 2000 |