The Translation of Love
The Translation of Love

Author: Lynne Kutsukake

Publisher: Doubleday

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 038554068X

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Against the backdrop of occupied Tokyo, a young girl searches for her missing older sister, who has disappeared into the world of bars and dance halls. In the process, her story will become intertwined with those of others trying to make sense of their lives in a post-war world: a thirteen-year-old Japanese Canadian “repat,” a school teacher who translates love letters from American GIs, and a Japanese-American soldier serving with the Occupation forces. An emotionally gripping portrait of a battered nation, The Translation of Love mines this turbulent period to show how war irrevocably shapes the lives of people on both sides—and how resilience, friendship, and love translate across cultures and borders no matter the circumstances. Winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Award

The Modern Stage and Other Worlds (Routledge Revivals)
The Modern Stage and Other Worlds (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Austin E. Quigley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 131761965X

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Modern plays are strikingly diverse and, as a result, any attempt to locate an underlying unity between them encounters difficulties: to focus on what they have in common is often to overlook what is of primary importance in particular plays; to focus on their differences is to note the novelty of the plays without increasing their accessibility. In this study, first published in 1985, Austin E. Quigley takes as his paradigm case the relationship between the world of the stage and the world of the audience, and explores various modes of communication between domains. He asks how changes in the structure of the drama relate to changes in the structure of the theatre, and changes in the role of the audience. Detailed interpretations of plays by Pinero, Ibsen, Strindberg, Brecht, Ionesco, Beckett and Pinter question principles about the modern theatre and establish links between drama structure and theatre structure, theme, and performance space.

The Two Faces of Ionesco
The Two Faces of Ionesco

Author: Rosette C. Lamont

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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Henri Peyre, dean of French scholars in the United States, introduces "The Two Faces of Ionesco" thus: "Rosette Lamont, the shrewdest and most perceptive interpreter of Ioensco in Europe and America, and Melvin Friedman, known in France for his" Confirguation Critique de Samuel Beckett," which was published by The University of Chicago Press as "Samuel Beckett Now," have ingeniously gathered here a series of chapters by diverse hands which illuminate all the conflicting aspects of that enigmatic personality. Their introduction, and Professor Lamont's own essays in this volume, brilliantly written, unravel the thought, the technique and the complexities of Ionesco's work.

Animals in the Middle Ages
Animals in the Middle Ages

Author: Nona C. Flores

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-01-20

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1135546703

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These interdisciplinary essays focus on animals as symbols, ideas, or images in medieval art and literature.