The Woman with the Flying Head and Other Stories (Japanese Women Writers in Translation)

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; An Extra Terrestrial; We are Lovers; The House of the Black Cat; The Woman with the Flying Head; The Trade; The Witch Mask; Spring Night Dreams; The Passage of Dreams; The Special Place; Flower Abstraction; The Long Passage of Dreams; List of Japanese Sources of the Translated Works.;This is an English-language anthology dedicated to the short stories of Kurahashi Yumiko (1935- ), a Japanese novelist of profound intellectual powers. The eleven stories included in this volume suggest the breadth of the author's literary production, ranging from parodies of classical Japanese literature to cosmopolitan avant-garde works, from quasi-autobiography to science fiction. Her subversive fiction defies established definitions of ""literature"", ""Japan"", ""modernity"" and ""femininity"", and represents an important intellectual aspect of modern Japanese women's literature. A Collection Of Fantasy Stories By A Japanese Writer. Typical Is The Trade, Whose Protagonist Tries To Exchange His Ugly Face For A Better Looking One. An Extraterrestial -- We Are Lovers -- The House Of The Black Cat -- The Woman With The Flying Head -- The Trade -- The Witch Mask -- Spring Night Dreams -- The Passage Of Dreams -- A Special Place -- Flower Abstraction -- The Long Passage Of Dreams. By Kurahashi Yumiko ; Translated By Atsuko Sakaki. Includes Bibliographical References (page 157). Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 14 An Extra Terrestrial 26 We are Lovers 52 The House of the Black Cat 62 The Woman with the Flying Head 68 The Trade 76 The Witch Mask 82 Spring Night Dreams 90 The Passage of Dreams 100 The Special Place 112 Flower Abstraction 120 The Long Passage of Dreams 128 List of Japanese Sources of the Translated Works 180 Contains eleven short stories by Japanese writer Yumiko Kurahashi (b. 1935), with a short introduction by translator and scholar of Kurahashi's work, Atsuko Sakaki, in which she discusses the transformation of Kurahashi's work from absurdist literature to a more logical, rationalistic type of literature. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. c. Book News Inc An extraterrestrial We are lovers The house of the black cat The woman with the flying head The trade The witch mask Spring night dreams The passage of dreams A special place Flower abstraction The long passage of dreams.