Autumn Wind and Other Stories: Tuttle Classics

Spanning 60 years of 20th century Japanese literature, this anthology covers Japan's growth from a more traditional country into a distinctly modern one. Most of these stories had not been previously translated into English, opening up a vast new literary canon to Western readers. Award-winning translation Lane Dunlop introduces a cast of characters that stray beyond stereotypical images of bowing geisha and dark-suited businessmen.

The 14 stories include:

• The Fox by Nagai Kafu
  
• Flash Storm by Satomi Ton
  
• One Woman and the War by Sakaguchi Ango
  
• Borneo Diamond by Hayashi Fumiko
  
• Invitation to Suicide by Watanabe Jun'ichi
  
  Lovers of fiction and students of Japan are certain to find these stories absorbing, engaging and instructive.