Bubbles on the water. A collection of stories
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Bubbles on the water. A collection of stories
14.99 €
11.99 €
Mori Ogai (1862-1922) was one of the most important figures in Japanese literature of the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. - Along with Natsume Soseki, Dazai Osamu and Akutagawa Ryunosuke.
The future writer was born into a samurai family. He entered the medical faculty of the Imperial University in Tokyo and after graduation was sent for training in Germany, where he spent four years from 1885 to 1889. As a military doctor, he had to participate in two wars - with China in 1894-1895 and with Russia in 1904-1905. Mori Ogai retired with the rank of lieutenant general of medical service. Ogai began writing while still in Germany and did not cease his literary activities until his death.
This collection includes Mori Ogai's works that have never been translated into Russian before. His novels and short stories strike with a variety of themes and plots: medieval Japan, samurai chronicles, family drama, psychological sketches and much more.
Mori Ogai is a superb stylist and a recognized innovator in the establishment of modern Japanese prose. It is because of his breadth of vision and creativity that Mori Ogai is considered the embodiment of the spirit of the Meiji era. Surveys show that Mori Ogai is still the most popular writer in Japan, the circulation of his books breaks all records, his works are filmed, plays are staged, and comic books are published.
The future writer was born into a samurai family. He entered the medical faculty of the Imperial University in Tokyo and after graduation was sent for training in Germany, where he spent four years from 1885 to 1889. As a military doctor, he had to participate in two wars - with China in 1894-1895 and with Russia in 1904-1905. Mori Ogai retired with the rank of lieutenant general of medical service. Ogai began writing while still in Germany and did not cease his literary activities until his death.
This collection includes Mori Ogai's works that have never been translated into Russian before. His novels and short stories strike with a variety of themes and plots: medieval Japan, samurai chronicles, family drama, psychological sketches and much more.
Mori Ogai is a superb stylist and a recognized innovator in the establishment of modern Japanese prose. It is because of his breadth of vision and creativity that Mori Ogai is considered the embodiment of the spirit of the Meiji era. Surveys show that Mori Ogai is still the most popular writer in Japan, the circulation of his books breaks all records, his works are filmed, plays are staged, and comic books are published.