Evening Clouds - (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature) by Junzo Shono (Paperback)

About the Book

A masterpiece of quiet lyricism against a backdrop of change and renewal

Book Synopsis

A masterpiece of quiet lyricism against a backdrop of change and renewal

Review Quotes

Recipient of the Pen Center West Literary Award

Recipient of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize

"Deceptively simple, yet nuanced and subtle...makes the Japanese family Japanese and universal at the same time."

-Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Shōno is one of the leading writers of postwar Japan, a master of simplicity and subtlety. The placid surfaces of his stories conceal a painful uncertainty about contemporary Japanese life. Lammers' sensitive translations convey both the pain and placidity with moving clarity."

--Van C. Gessel, Professor of Japanese, Brigham Young University

"Should be sipped and savored like warm sake"

--Small Press Magazine

"These stories are so artful...they seem like the artless productions of life itself."

--Kenyon College Book Review

About the Author

Junzo Shono was born in 1921 and lives in Kawasaki, Japan. Has won numerous literary awards, including the Yomiuri Prize for Evening Clouds.

Wayne P. Lammers is a translator of Japanese into English. He was translation editor for Mangajin and is considered one of the finest translators of Japanese literature today.