Tales of Tears and Laughter
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 1993-08-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0824815696 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780824815691 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (691 Downloads) |
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Download or read book Tales of Tears and Laughter written by and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1993-08-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this collection constitute just a small portion of a vast body of some four hundred short narratives known as otogizoshi. They represent a cross section of medieval Japan in its richness and complexity, a panoply of life teeming with all the possibilities and contradictions of the age.