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Kanji Hanawa
Kanji Hanawa, a former professor of French Literature with an interest in human psychology and complex relationships. Hanawa's narratives expose the pressures and challenges of lif...view moreKanji Hanawa, a former professor of French Literature with an interest in human psychology and complex relationships. Hanawa's narratives expose the pressures and challenges of life in Japan. Hanawa is a master of the short story. He has written several hundred since he published his first collection, Garasu no natsu (Glass Summer) to critical acclaim in 1972. In 1962, after graduating from Tokyo University, where he studied French Literature, he spent a few months in Paris, his only stay in the county to whose literature he has dedicated much of his life.Hanawa is the author of Backlight, which The Japan Times described as 'an important work of social commentary doing what all the greatest short stories do: opening a rabbit hole of thought down which the reader will fall.'view less
Books by Kanji Hanawa
Backlight The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings