Made in Japan and Other Japanese Business Novels

ISBN-13: 9780873327725 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 200 str.

Tamae K. Prindle

Opis

The term "business novel" is a translation of the Japanese word kezai shosetsu, which may be translated literally as * 'economy novel.'' The seven short works in this collection represent prototypes of the business novel.

Spis treści

Made in Japan / Saburao Shiroyama -- Silver sanctuary / Ikkao Shimizu -- Kinjo the corporate bouncer / Saburao Shiroyama -- In Los Angeles / Saburao Shiroyama -- From Paris / Ryao Takasugi -- The baby boom generation / Taichi Sakaiya -- Giants and toys Takeshi Kaikao.

O autorze

Tamae K. Prindle is Oak Professor of East Asian Language and Literature and resident director of AKP (Associated Kyoto Program) at Colby College, USA. Her many publications include Made in Japan and Other Japanese "Business Novels" (1989), Kinj? the Corporate Bouncer and Other Stories from Japanese Business, and Ikk? Shimizu, The Dark Side of Japanese Business: Three ""Industry Novels,"" all of which she translated and introduced.