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Adevărata poveste a lui William Adams, primul englez care a pus piciorul în Japonia și care a inspirat bestsellerul lui James Clavell, Shogun.

Premiul Nobel pentru Literatura 1994

In Oe's masterpiece of the human condition and family psychology, estranged brothers Mitsusaburo and Takashi have long since left their family home in a remote forested valley on Shikoku, in the south of Japan: Mitsusaburo for work in Tokyo; his younger brother Takashi for the United States, to atone for his part in anti-American student protests. Takashi's return to Japan coincides with a local Korean supermarket magnate's offer to buy the brothers' ancestral storehouse, pitting the brothers against one another and dredging up family histories best forgotten.

Premiul Nobel pentru Literatura 1994

Amintind de Fata cu cercel de perla a lui Tracy Chevalier, romanul Fiica lui Hokusai este o reconstituire, ampla si palpitanta totodata, a vietii pictoritei japoneze Oei.

Premiul Nobel pentru Literatura 1994