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Filled with rich description and luxurious beauty, these ten tales of loss and longing from one of Japan’s greatest writers show the pull between duty and desire, ecstasy and death: a mother lost in mourning, a moonlit journey to fulfil a wish, a night of infidelity, a young lieutenant who ends his life.
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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith
Filled with rich description and luxurious beauty, these ten tales of loss and longing from one of Japan’s greatest writers show the pull between duty and desire, ecstasy and death: a mother lost in mourning, a moonlit journey to fulfil a wish, a night of infidelity, a young lieutenant who ends his life.
| Weight | 0.264 kg |
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| Dimensions | 16.7 × 12 × 2.5 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 272 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Short stories |
| Dewey | 895.635 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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