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Historical Fiction of Mori Ogai (Unesco Collection of Representative Works Japanese Series)

1 review
Ogai Mori, David Dilworth

University of Hawaii Press, 1991

A great taste of one of Japan's master's, Mori Ogai.
David Dilworth presents the reader with a great compilation of short stories of, arguably, Japan's best author. Each story is masterly crafted with meticulous attention paid to historical detail, and each story is well prefaced, explaining Ogai's philosophic and aesthetic intentions. Either Dilworth or a collegue has made first rate translations in this edition. I would reccomend this book ...

Vita Sexualis: A Novel (Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature)

3 reviews
Ogai Mori, Sanford Goldstein, ...

Tuttle Publishing, 1989

The philosophy of sexuality
Ogai Mori was a deeply respected figure in Meiji-era Japan. Best remembered today as an author, playwright and poet, he also the Japanese Surgeon General and an expert on Military Hygiene. Secure in his position, respected and wealthy, in 1909 Mori took an unexpected turn and published "Vita Sexualis," a controversial title that was banned three week after its publication. Perhaps the most ...

The Wild Goose (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies ; No. 14)

2 reviews
Ogai Mori

University of Michigan Press, 1995

Zero Reciprocity
One small incident CAN be made into an entire novel, as Ogai Mori shows us here. The actual action in The Wild Goose is quite small, even insignificant. But the way Ogai informs us of every thought of every character more than makes up for it. What I found to be truly compelling was the point of view -- the narrator is the best friend of Okada, one of the main characters. Just when it ...

Not a Song Like Any Other: An Anthology of Writings by Mori Ogai
Mori Ogai

University of Hawaii Press, 2004

The literary writings of Mori Ogai (1862-1922), one of the giant figures of the Meiji period, have become increasingly well known to readers of English through a number of recent translations of his novels and short stories. Ogai was more than a writer of fiction, however. He has long been regarded in Japan as one of the most influential intellectual and artistic figures of his period, possessing a wide range of enthusiasms and concerns, many ...

The Wild Geese (Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature)

3 reviews
Ogai Mori, Sanford Goldstein, ...

Tuttle Publishing, 1989

An achingly beautiful story
This is a tale of complex people who in their interaction find life to be much more complicated than they had expected or feared. Suezo, a moneylender, is tired of life with his nagging, highly imperfect wife, so he decides to take a mistress. Otama, the only child of a widower merchant, wishes that she could provide for her aging father, and when an obviously rich man asks her to be his ...