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1	Analects of Confucius more books like this by Arthur Waley, Confucius add to wishlist This series of short sayings, proverbs, and observations on ethics and methods for living originated around 400 B.C. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.47! \| first editions \| SVS
2	In praise of shadows more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki add to wishlist This is an essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. The text ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The essay forms a classic description of ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $5.19! \| SVS
3	The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon more books like this by Sei add to wishlist One of the great classics of Japanese literature, THE PILLOW BOOK OF SEI SHONAGON is not only a useful compendium of information about life at the court of the empress in 11th-century Japan, it is also a remarkable portrait of its author, the lady-in-waiting known as Sei Shonagon, born in 966. The book contains lists (of, among others, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Anthology of Japanese literature from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century more books like this by Donald Keene (Editor) add to wishlist The sweep of Japanese literature in all its great variety was made available to Western readers for the first time in this anthology. Every genre and style, from the celebrated No plays to the poetry and novels of the seventeenth century, find a place in this book. An introduction by Donald Keene places the selections in their proper historical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology more books like this by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Translator) add to wishlist Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many other treasures, are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: chronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above all superb poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Vietnam Reader: The Definitive Collection of Fiction and Nonfiction on the War more books like this by Stewart O'Nan (Editor) add to wishlist A unique anthology of writing on the Vietnam War from an American perspective. With poetry, journalism, memoir excerpts, song lyrics, film references, photographs, and more. The reader is sure to find many selections here of now-classic Vietnam literature, including work by Tim O'Brien, Ron Kovic, Marvin Gaye, and Philip Caputo. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $10.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Birthday Stories more books like this by Haruki Murakami add to wishlist This is a collection of 12 birthday stories from some of the most distinguished authors of recent years. The stories have been selected and introduced by Haruki Murakami. see all copies from $11.71! new only from $11.71! \| first editions
8	Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600 more books like this by Professor Haruo Shirane (Editor) add to wishlist "Traditional Japanese Literature" features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the evolution of Japan's noted aristocratic court and warrior cultures. It contains stunning new translations of such canonical texts as "The Tales of the Heike" as well as works and genres previously ignored by ... see all copies from $31.95! new only from $35.95! \| SVS
9	Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations more books like this by Professor John Minford (Editor), Professor Joseph S M Lau (Editor) add to wishlist The summation of more than two thousand years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history rendered in English by the most ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $93.26! \| first editions
10	The Karma of Words: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan more books like this by William R LaFleur add to wishlist see all copies from $4.12! new only from $28.43! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	One Hundred Poems from the Chinese more books like this by Kenneth Rexroth (Translator) add to wishlist Now in its 21st printing. Thirty-five poems by the great Tu Fu (T'ang Dynasty, 713-770) make up the first part of this volume -- with the remainder devoted to classic poets of the Sung Dynasty (10th-12th centuries) including: Mei Yao Ch'en, Su Tung P'o, Lu Yu, Chu His, Hsu Chao, and the poetesses Li Ch'ing Chao and Chu Shu Chen. With a translator ... see all copies from $2.13! new only from $8.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Three Perfections: Chinese Painting, Poetry, and Calligraphy more books like this by Michael Sullivan add to wishlist What do the Chinese write on their paintings? Why do they write on them? In this newly revised volume--now illustrated in color--Michael Sullivan provides a lucid and engaging analysis of the intimate relationships among painting, poetry, and calligraphy in Chinese culture. The fundamental unity of writing and painting is shown to be an ancient, ... see all copies from $3.36! new only from $26.37! \| first editions
13 view cover	Collected Songs of Cold Mountain more books like this by Red Pine add to wishlist This authoritative, bilingual edition represents the first time the entirety of Cold Mountain's poetry has been translated into English. Legendary for his clarity, directness, and lack of pretension, the eighth-century hermit-poet Cold Mountain (Han Shan) is a major figure in the history of Chinese literature and has been a profound influence on ... see all copies from $8.85! new only from $10.18! \| signed copies
14 view cover	World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600-1867 more books like this by Professor Donald Keene add to wishlist -- Kirkus Reviews see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
15	Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection more books like this by Marian Ury (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.50! new only from $19.86! \| first editions
16 view cover	Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 more books like this by Professor Haruo Shirane (Editor) add to wishlist This is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa, one of the most creative epochs of Japanese culture. This anthology, which will be of vital interest to anyone involved in this era, includes not only fiction, poetry, and drama, but also ... see all copies from $9.90! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	History of Japanese Literature: The First Thousand Years more books like this by Shuichi Kato, David Chibbett (Translator) add to wishlist This history of Japan's literary heritage traces the development of Japanese literature from the seventh to the mid-16th century, emphasizing the historical and the social context of the literary works discussed and the relationship between Japanese works and Western and Chinese literature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.55! \| first editions
18 view cover	Other Asias more books like this by Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak add to wishlist In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole. This title includes major work from one of the world's most distinguished literary and cultural theorists. It intervenes in the fraught issues ... see all copies from $20.10! new only from $20.10! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century more books like this by Professor Burton Watson (Editor) add to wishlist -- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies see all copies from $2.51! new only from $40.29!
20 view cover	Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present, V: 600 B.C. to the Early Twentieth Century more books like this by Susie J Tharu (Editor), K Lalita (Editor) add to wishlist These ground-breaking collections offer 200 texts from 11 languages, never before available in English or as a collection, along with a new reading of cultural history that draws on contemporary scholarship on women and on India. This extraordinary body of literature and important documentary resource illuminates the lives of Indian women through ... see all copies from $3.79! new only from $30.47! \| first editions
21 view cover	Daughter of the river. more books like this by Hong Ying add to wishlist The autobiography of a young girl growing up in Mao's China. Hong Ying grew up in a slum on the banks of the Yangtze, an area permanently veiled in fog and steeped in superstition. Life was precarious and Hong Ying, the youngest of the six children, grew up afraid that she would be condemned to a life of carrying sand and emptying chamber pots. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Tale of Genji more books like this by Amy Sickets, Murasaki Shikibu add to wishlist - Presents the most important 20th century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature - The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism - Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index - Introductory essay by Harold Bloom see all copies from $2.71! new only from $2.71! \| SVS
23 view cover	Encounters with Chinese writers more books like this by Annie Dillard add to wishlist This brief volume, published in 1984, is the result of an American/Chinese cultural exchange in which Annie Dillard was a participant. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Early Chinese Literature more books like this by Professor Burton Watson add to wishlist Watson's account of Chinese writing from the time of the Chou dynasty (1100--249 B.C.) to the Latter Han (25-220) is accompanied by a chronology, biographical information, and a selected list of translations. see all copies from $5.85! new only from $28.18! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Unbroken Thread: An Anthology of Plays by Asian American Women more books like this by Roberta Uno add to wishlist Presents six outstanding works by Asian-American women playwrights, written in the past 20 years. Each play addresses the experiences of Asian-Americans in the United States, repudiating cultural and sexual stereotypes. see all copies from $4.19! new only from $27.44! \| SVS

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	One Hundred Poems from the Japanese by Kenneth Rexroth (Translator) see all from $2.00! new only from $5.50!
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