{"product_id":"crisis-in-identity-9781462912087","title":"Crisis in Identity","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis book is a critical study of ten postwar Japanese novels that focus on man's search for identity in the modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature to a Japanese author in 1969, the international significance of modern Japanese literature was formally recognized by the Western world.  The best indication of the West's present keen appreciation of  modern Japanese literature is the large number of excellent translations that have appeared in recent years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCrisis in Identity\u003c\/i\u003e a common theme—modern man's search for identity—has been traced through ten major novels.  This quest takes place n conjunction with wartime cannibalism, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, expatriation, senile eroticism, and personal and social alienation.  The works in which these are depicted include:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDiary of a Mad Old Man\u003c\/i\u003e (Junichiro Tanizaki)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHouse of the Sleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (Yusunari Kawabata)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBlack Rain\u003c\/i\u003e (Masuji Ibuse)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFires on the Plain\u003c\/i\u003e (Shohei Ooka)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHe Temple of the Golden Pavilion\u003c\/i\u003e (Yukio Mishima)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Dunes\u003c\/i\u003e (Kobe Abe)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Personal Matter\u003c\/i\u003e (Kenzaburo Oe)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIf you have not yet read these novels, \u003ci\u003eCrisis in Identity\u003c\/i\u003e will provide a stimulating introduction to them; if you have, it will reveal new insights.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arthur G. Kimball","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48298096787707,"sku":"9781462912087","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c794b26e-48c1-4141-8735-296c626f928e.jpg?v=1779191293","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/crisis-in-identity-9781462912087","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}