Taijun Takeda (98 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor sun fade to edge of cover, pastedown and flyleaf in front and back of book but otherwise sharp, attractive copy with clean, unmarked pages throughout. Binding is solid. Dust jacket is clipped twice, has moderate edgewear but still presentable. Now with protective archival cover.…

Cloth Over Board. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. tight binding; clean pages; discoloring due to age; dust jacket has slight wear around edges and clipped corner Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. The tips of the head and heel of the spine are faded and there is a small mark on the bottom page edges otherwise this is a clean book with light wear. The front flap of the dust jacket is clipped the rest has light wear and is in a high quality Demco protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. 1967, Charles E. Tuttle Company. First American Ed, Stated. Withdrawn Ex-Libris. Typical library stickers, markings, and stamps. Translated from the Japanese by Yusaburo Shibuya and Sanford Goldstein. 145 pages. Hardcover. Mylar cover. Green cloth boards show tape impression, otherwise nice color, clean, square. Jacket included, protected w/ Mylar cover. Design by Shigeo Katakura. 145 pp. Photos of item you will receive. Ships quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: This Outcast Generation and Luminous Moss by Taijun Takeda Published in this English translation in 1967, this volume of approximately 146 pages brings together two prominent novellas from a major voice in post-World War II Japanese literature. The author was a leading figure of the First Generation of Postwar Writers, known for his bleak, intellectually rigorous examinations of guilt, survival, and the collapse of traditional Japanese morality following the nation's military defeat. The first novella, "This Outcast Generation," set in immediate postwar Shanghai, chronicles the moral decay of a group of stateless Japanese citizens attempting to navigate a chaotic and lawless landscape. The second piece, "Luminous Moss," is a psychological drama based on a real-world incident of military cannibalism. Structurally, both novellas analyze human behavior under extreme survival pressure, utilizing a detached, naturalistic lens to investigate the fragility of societal ethical standards. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket as Issued. A fine copy of the second printing, 1985.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition Thus. First US edition, hardcover, has a slight lean to the binding, mild bumps with sunning to the spine ends, minor sunning to the spine, light rubbing with a touch of smudging to the cloth, faint staining to the edges of the text block, and offset toning to the end pages. Overall, a Near Very Good copy in a Good+, clipped dust jacket, which has chipped bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, wear with tears and a touch of peeling to the edges, rubbing with smudges to the covers, and spots of peeling to the hinges. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. All pages are free from any markings. Creases and smudges visible across covers of paperback. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket, some general wear from age and use on exterior. Pages have aged over time but are otherwise clean and unmarked save for a price inscription on the very first page. First edition, first printing. 1967. Hardcover. LW.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Rutland. 1967. Tuttle. 1st Printing. Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. Translated from the Japanese by Yusaburo Shibuya and Sanfrod Goldstein. 145 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Shigeo Katakura. The Luminous Cave by Jean Phinney. keywords: Asia Japan Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - The two novelettes by contemporary writer Taijun Takeda that are contained in this book were chosen for their overall excellence to be included in our current Library of Japanese Literature series. Both stories are relatively modern, one dealing with an incident of cannibalism in Hokkaido during World War Il and the other about the Japanese who lived in Shanghai following the defeat. This Outcast Generation, according to the translators, c is basically an existentialist novel and it reminds of Camus, but it is of course Japanese in essence. The story tells of the life of a man who as a member of a defeated nation living in a foreign country, feels no. responsibility to anyone but himselfand this only in relation to food and water. Eventually, the hero is given the chance to initiate a change in his aimless life and he acts, for mankind or for love, in committing what is meant to be a Dostoyevskian axe-type murder. Translator Goldstein calls Luminous Moss ' 'a real tour-de-force. I know nothing like it in any literature, though of course the problem of cannibalism has been treated by others. The story is at once a travelogue, an essay, an earnest anti-war document, and a morality play. The narrator of the story goes to Hokkaido and comes across an incident of cannibalism during the war. The conflict ensuing hinges on the question of survival: given the situation of starving to death in a cave in the dead of winter or eating human flesh and surviving, what would a man do? It is this question that so intrigues the narrator that he reconstructs and gives shape to this dilemma by creating at the end of the story a magnificent morality play. inventory #6942.…

Hardcover met stofomslag, 21 cm, 131 pp. Cond.: zeer goed / very good. ISBN: 9071127044.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Translated by Yusaburo Shibuya and Sanford Goldstein. Fine in price-clipped very near fine dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Linnen met stofomslag, 131 pp. Vertaling en inleiding: Jack Scholten. Minimale gebruikssporen aan omslag. 20,5x13x1,5 cm. Zeer goede staat.

Nineth printing, 8vo, pp. 253, [3]; six pages of illustrations; full yellow cloth, black title on spine, fine in slightly wrinkled glassine dust jacket and fine pictorial slipcase. Qui Jun was a noble orator, women's rights activist, and revolutionary. The title of her biography refers to a line in her death poem, written shortly before her execution: "Autumn wind, autumn rain, they make one die of sorrow." The author, Taijun Takeda, was himself a leftist activist and novelist who was jailed for agitating for a strike. Few of his books have been translated into English.…

Condition: Fine. KOS01204442.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

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Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 360 pages Size: A5.

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Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 360 pages Size: A5.