The Counterfeiter and Other Stories
by Yasushi Inoue
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In The Counterfeiter, a writer is commissioned to write the biography of a famous painter but becomes fascinated by a man who produced forgeries of the artist's work. Obasute concerns a man's obsession with a legend of old women being taken to a mountain and abandoned, and his interpretation of the actions of the members of his family in light of this legend. The Full Moon is a story of company politics, particularly the rise and fall of the firm's president, told largely through incidents show more at annual company parties. show lessTags
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A decent collection by Inoue. Obasute was a slightly disappointing story but the other two - The Counterfeiter and The Full Moon - were both good.
In all three stories though I felt a little removed from the events; like there was a layer of emotion or thought in the characters that I was being denied. I know from other novels this isn't a Japanese thing, so perhaps it's a result of Inoue's background in journalism? A tendency to report straight facts and whatever is visible only on the surface? This wasn't a problem in his earlier story, The Hunting Gun, but maybe that is because that novella was longer and allowed the author more time to draw out his characters.
This book isn't as good as The Hunting Gun but it's a pleasant diversion show more and it's nice to see more of Inoue's writings outside of his historical fiction. show less
In all three stories though I felt a little removed from the events; like there was a layer of emotion or thought in the characters that I was being denied. I know from other novels this isn't a Japanese thing, so perhaps it's a result of Inoue's background in journalism? A tendency to report straight facts and whatever is visible only on the surface? This wasn't a problem in his earlier story, The Hunting Gun, but maybe that is because that novella was longer and allowed the author more time to draw out his characters.
This book isn't as good as The Hunting Gun but it's a pleasant diversion show more and it's nice to see more of Inoue's writings outside of his historical fiction. show less
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Inoue Yasushi is considered to be the last of the Japanese masters, heir to the traditions of classical Chinese and Japanese literature. This journalist-turned-novelist writes poetry, historical fiction set in China and old Japan, and novels of modern Japan. His first fiction was published in 1948, and his choice of settings continues to reveal a show more superb feel for other times, places, and peoples. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Counterfeiter and Other Stories
- Disambiguation notice
- This is a collection containing "The Counterfeiter", "Obasute", and "The Full Moon".
Please do not combine it with other collections containing different stories.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 895.6 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Japanese
- LCC
- PL830 .N63 .A26 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Japanese language and literature Japanese literature Individual authors and works
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- 5 — English, Finnish, French, German, Italian
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