- Paperback: 180 pages
- Publisher: Elastic Press (May 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0954374770
- ISBN-13: 978-0954374778
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14.2 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 259 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Mishima revisited,
By Kay Sexton "kaylesleigh" (Brighton UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sound of White Ants: Stories of Modern Japan (Paperback)
Brian Howell has managed to enter the psyche of the Japanese population in a disturbing way. His tales of salarymen and schoolgirls show a Japan that is still in love with death, as it was in Yukio Mishima's work, but now contends with other issues, with modern communication, with female emancipation, with the demands of the company. These new issues add to the strange stresses which in turn evoke peculiar, disturbing and yet strangely beautiful behaviours from Howell's cast. He has a particular talent for the female point of view and 'Cocoon' is a masterpiece of storytelling through the experiences of a young Japanese girl.An excellent collection; dense, complicated, disturbing and satisfying. Any student of Japan or its culture would benefit from reading these stories.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Mishima revisited,
By Kay Sexton "kaylesleigh" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Sound of White Ants: Stories of Modern Japan (Paperback)
Brian Howell has managed to enter the psyche of the Japanese population in a disturbing way. His tales of salarymen and schoolgirls show a Japan that is still in love with death, as it was in Yukio Mishima's work, but now contends with other issues, with modern communication, with female emancipation, with the demands of the company. These new issues add to the strange stresses which in turn evoke peculiar, disturbing and yet strangely beautiful behaviours from Howell's cast. He has a particular talent for the female point of view and 'Cocoon' is a masterpiece of storytelling through the experiences of a young Japanese girl.An excellent collection; dense, complicated, disturbing and satisfying. Any student of Japan or its culture would benefit from reading these stories. |
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