Beautiful town : stories and essays /

Six stories of amazing diversity and two critical essays revealing the understated Japanese ideals of beauty make up this volume, all translated into English for the first time. The title story is a utopian dream of a better city, populated by ideal people, that vanishes in a mirage. Another tale po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sato, Haruo, 1892-1964
Other Authors: Tenny, Francis B. 1920-
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawai'i Press, c1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Elaine Gerbert
  • Beautiful Town
  • The Fingerprint
  • F*O*U
  • The Star
  • Unbearably Forlorn
  • A Window Opens
  • A Discourse on "Elegance"
  • The Joy of the Artist and Other Critical Selections.