| Evening Clouds Contributor(s): Shono, Junzo (Author), Lammers, Wayne P. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1880656485 ISBN-13: 9781880656488 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2000 Annotation: A family moves into a new home on a windswept hilltop in suburban Tokyo. Around them is the sky, forests, farms. But the developers are coming, and the children are growing up. There are meals, quandaries, conversations... Junzo Shono's portrait of this family's daily life has the resonant power of fine photography, where the most minute details suggest a changing, unforgiving universe. Shono is the absolute master of this "snapshot" genre, and this is his most celebrated work. A quiet yet sumptuous book for readers weary of action and attitude. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00022897 |
| Series: Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.51" W x 8.49" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Demographic Orientation - Suburban - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most celebrated work by one of Japan's master literary stylists, Evening Clouds is a book filled with delicate images of ordinary life, richly and precisely observed. A family moves into a new home on a windswept hilltop in western Tokyo. Around them are forests and farms. But the developers are coming, and the children are growing up. There are meals, quandaries, conversations...Life appears comfortable and serene, yet Shōno's portrayal has a strange and evocative undercurrent, as the most minute details slowly resonate out through a universe that is changing and unforgiving. Evening Clouds combines the crafted naturalism of haiku with the Ozu-like clarity of film to produce a story that is wistful and real. Read Shōno slowly, a luxuriate in his vision. |