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Yoko (winner of the Akutagawa Prize in 1971) is the story of a sensitive young man's relationship with the title character, a beautiful young woman who is suffering from an apparently hereditary mental illness. Through Yoko's vivid but distorted perceptions of the world, Furui highlights the process by which reality and identity are created.

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This important author's work has been hard to find in the West, and one is grateful for the translations and accompanying commentaries by Donna George Storey.""--William Ferguson, New York Times Book Review

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Yaoko -- Aihara (Plain of sorrows) -- Ningyao (Doll).

Child of Darkness

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    A Paperback by Yoshikichi Furui, Donna George Storey

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780939512799, 978-0939512799
      ISBN10: 0939512793

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Yoko (winner of the Akutagawa Prize in 1971) is the story of a sensitive young man's relationship with the title character, a beautiful young woman who is suffering from an apparently hereditary mental illness. Through Yoko's vivid but distorted perceptions of the world, Furui highlights the process by which reality and identity are created.

      Trade Review
      This important author's work has been hard to find in the West, and one is grateful for the translations and accompanying commentaries by Donna George Storey.""--William Ferguson, New York Times Book Review

      Table of Contents
      Yaoko -- Aihara (Plain of sorrows) -- Ningyao (Doll).

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