The book of the dead / Orikuchi Shinobu ; commentary by Andō Reiji ; translated with an introduction by Jeffrey Angles.
"First published in 1939 and extensively revised in 1943, The Book of the Dead, loosely inspired by the tale of Isis and Osiris from ancient Egypt, is a sweeping historical romance that tells a gothic tale of love between a noblewoman and a ghost in eighth-century Japan. Its author, Orikuchi Shinobu...
Uniform Title: | Hikari no mandara Nihon bungakuron.
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Main Author: | Origuchi, Shinobu, 1887-1953 (Author) |
Other Authors: |
Angles, Jeffrey, 1971-
(Translator) Andō, Reiji, 1967- |
Language: | English |
Language of the Original: |
Japanese |
Published: |
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2016]
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Physical Description: | viii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Format: | Book |