Kannani and Document of Flames Two Japanese Colonial Novels

Name: Kannani and Document of Flames Two Japanese Colonial Novels
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ISBN: 9780822335177

ISBN-10: 0822335174

ISBN-13: 9780822335177

Edition: 2005 (Annotated)

Authors: Katsuei Yuasa, Mark W. Driscoll, Katsuei Yuasa

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This volume makes available for the first time in English two of the most important novels of Japanese colonialism: Yuasa Katsuel's Kannani and Document of Flames. Born in Japan in 1910 and raised in Korea, Yuasa was an eyewitness to the ravages of the Japanese occupation. In both of the novels presented here, he is clearly critical of Japanese imperialism. Kannani (1934) stands alone within Japanese literature in its graphic depictions of the racism and poverty endured by the colonized Koreans. Document of Flames (1935) brings issues of class and gender into sharp focus. It tells the story of Tokiko, a divorced woman displaced from her Japanese home who finds herself forced to work as a…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 6/16/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Kannani


Document of Flames