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Author Saneatsu Mushanokoji (1885-1976) was one of the first great Japanese modernist writers. He may lay claim to have founded the I-novel (shishosetsu), a specifically Japanese confessional genre in which the author speaks directly and colloquially to the reader (e.g., Lippit 28). Mushanokoji was also a painter of still lifes, a poet and playwright, and… Read more
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The Innocent marks the first complete English translation of Saneatsu Mushanokoji’s Omedetaki Hito (1911), often referred to as The Good-Natured Person. This celebrated novella explores identity and self-cultivation during the late Meiji period (1868 –1912), a time when Japan opened up to Western influences in art, culture, and thought. As a quintessential I-novel, it captures… Read more
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Reading Maeterlinck’s The Blind, we become aware of a continuous, brilliant process of transposition and streamlining into Waiting for Godot. Here’s an instance from Part One of the previous post: THIRD BLIND MAN. Is the sun still shining?[*74] SIXTH BLIND MAN.I think not: it seems very late. SECOND BLIND MAN.What time is it? THE OTHERS.I… Read more
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After an entire day spent walking to the location of this photograph so as to plan the shot, overnight, a ferocious sandstorm obliterated the dune & drastically altered the landscape. Befuddled, I returned. What you see is the result. Read more
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