[A Modern Decameron] Modan Dekameron
por Tani, Joji [pseudonym of Hasegawa Kaitaro]
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- first
- Condição
- Muito Bom
- Livreiro
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Tokyo: Kaizosha, 1929. First Edition. Very good. A sequel to Tekisasu mushuku ta sanjuichi pen [Hoboing in Texas and Thirty-one Other Stories] modeled after The Decameron.
Hasegawa "spins stories about people's lives in an urban space, although the time and place are no longer the medieval Rome of the Decameron but twentieth-century New York. The main characters are 'Merican-Japs ["meriken jappu"] whose background and reasons for immigration and migration vary, but what is common to them is that they live in a poor, dark neighborhood in Manhattan. Living like hobos, they work as gamblers, acrobats, bootleggers, owners of illegal bars, poets, or assistants to tipsters."-Kyoko Omori, Detecting Japanese Vernacular Modernism, p. 239.
These stories are set amongst the immigrants of Third Avenue in New York: "It may be said they happily established a country - a country that exists even if it does not appear on a map of the world... A Bulgarian marries a Turk and has an American baby girl. The American baby girl grows up and falls in love with a Chinese, and they have a family. An Armenian lodges at their house. This Armenian works at a store owned by Jews, dines at a Greek restaurant where he listens to Jazz played by Hawaiian musicians. He has Spanish polish on his shoes, says hello to an Irish policeman, buys meat at a German butcher and bread from a French bakery" (translation by Otori from Modan Dekameron, p. 240).
Hasegawa's father was an English teacher and journalist, and Hasegawa attended good Japanese schools. In 1920, his parents sent him to Oberlin College for an American education. He attended class for a few months before dropping out and traveling around the country working odd jobs for four years. This experience is the basis of his meriken jappu stories. He returned to Japan in 1924, hitching a ride on a tramp steamer and working for his passage. He intended to go back to the United States but was denied a visa. Instead, he began writing for Japanese detective magazines and then wrote many novels and books under a variety of pseudonyms. His works were serialized, published as books, and adapted for the movies. Hasegawa died at age 35 from an asthma attack.
Very scarce. OCLC: 674154413 (National Diet Library), 231381761 (University of Washington). First edition. One-inch split at base of the spine, else very good in original decorated wrappers with a modernist design.
Hasegawa "spins stories about people's lives in an urban space, although the time and place are no longer the medieval Rome of the Decameron but twentieth-century New York. The main characters are 'Merican-Japs ["meriken jappu"] whose background and reasons for immigration and migration vary, but what is common to them is that they live in a poor, dark neighborhood in Manhattan. Living like hobos, they work as gamblers, acrobats, bootleggers, owners of illegal bars, poets, or assistants to tipsters."-Kyoko Omori, Detecting Japanese Vernacular Modernism, p. 239.
These stories are set amongst the immigrants of Third Avenue in New York: "It may be said they happily established a country - a country that exists even if it does not appear on a map of the world... A Bulgarian marries a Turk and has an American baby girl. The American baby girl grows up and falls in love with a Chinese, and they have a family. An Armenian lodges at their house. This Armenian works at a store owned by Jews, dines at a Greek restaurant where he listens to Jazz played by Hawaiian musicians. He has Spanish polish on his shoes, says hello to an Irish policeman, buys meat at a German butcher and bread from a French bakery" (translation by Otori from Modan Dekameron, p. 240).
Hasegawa's father was an English teacher and journalist, and Hasegawa attended good Japanese schools. In 1920, his parents sent him to Oberlin College for an American education. He attended class for a few months before dropping out and traveling around the country working odd jobs for four years. This experience is the basis of his meriken jappu stories. He returned to Japan in 1924, hitching a ride on a tramp steamer and working for his passage. He intended to go back to the United States but was denied a visa. Instead, he began writing for Japanese detective magazines and then wrote many novels and books under a variety of pseudonyms. His works were serialized, published as books, and adapted for the movies. Hasegawa died at age 35 from an asthma attack.
Very scarce. OCLC: 674154413 (National Diet Library), 231381761 (University of Washington). First edition. One-inch split at base of the spine, else very good in original decorated wrappers with a modernist design.
Avaliações
(Entrar ou Criar uma conta primeiro!)
Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 362033
- Título
- [A Modern Decameron] Modan Dekameron
- Autor
- Tani, Joji [pseudonym of Hasegawa Kaitaro]
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Kaizosha
- Local de publicação
- Tokyo
- Data de publicação
- 1929
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- Asian06 HolidayVBF23
- Catálogos de livreiros
- FICTION; AMERICANA; Japanese American;
Termos da venda
Downtown Brown Books, ABAA
All items are guaranteed as described and may be returned within 30 days for a refund. If the item arrives damaged or does not match the description, we'll refund the purchase price plus shipping.
Sobre o Vendedor
Downtown Brown Books, ABAA
Membro de Biblio desde 2019
Portland, Oregon
Sobre Downtown Brown Books, ABAA
Every book holds a clue. Shop open to the public by appointment only.
Glossário
Alguns termos que podem ser usados ??nesta descrição incluem:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....