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| #673977 in Books | 2005-04-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x.60 x5.50l,.70 | File type: PDF | 279 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Japanese Humanity in the 1930's|By Paul van Dare|It is right at the start of Japans modern age, right after the Kano earthquake and the narration occurrs in the 1930's.
Do not look for a narrative. Do not look for a love story. Look for the scene of the OSAKURA former zone of bohemian life with all tis humanity, beggars, theatre, brothels, women used and neglected.||"The book evokes aspects of urban Japan at the end of the 1920s better than anything else I have read. Donald Richie's introduction is a great asset to the book."|From the Inside Flap|
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In the 1920s, Asakusa was to Tokyo what Montmartre had been to 1890s Paris and Times Square was to be to 1940s New York. Available in English for the first time, The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa, by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, captures the decadent allure of this entertainment district, where beggars and teenage prostitutes mixed with revue dancers and famous authors. Originally serialized in a Tokyo daily newspaper in 1929 and 1930, this vibrant novel u...
You easily download any file type for your device.The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa | Yasunari Kawabata. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
