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Grassroots Fascism
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Yoshimi Yoshiaki. Grassroots Fascism: The War Experience of the Japanese People Translated by Ethan Mark (2015) "These searing and honest accounts drawn from the diaries and memoirs of ordinary Japanese soldiers and civilians make abundantly clear the brutality of the Japanese Imperial Army. They also reveal the suffering, the blind devotion, … [Read more...]
Light and Dark: A Novel
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Natsume Soseki. Light and Dark: A Novel Translated by John Nathan (2013) "This is Natsume Soseki's longest and most complex work, his most ambitious in terms of social description and psychological analysis, and his most intricately plotted. It is a book for the ages, a modernist masterpiece, masterfully translated." -- Alan Tansman, … [Read more...]
The Birth of Chinese Feminism
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory Edited by Lydia H. Liu, Rebecca E. Karl, and Dorothy Ko (2013) "This magnificent volume opens up a past and conjures a future. Anarcho-feminist He-Yin Zhen published her passionate and closely reasoned essays more than a century ago, yet the issues she raises have yet to be … [Read more...]
The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Zhu Wen. The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China Translated by Julia Lovell (2013) "Zhu Wen's prose is imbued with his own unique brand of black humor, which combined with an unbridled imagination, offers a satiric and disturbing take on the capitalist gluttony that has overtaken contemporary Chinese society. … [Read more...]
