American Stories

Nagai Kafu

1. Night Talk in a Cabin

2. A Return Through the Meadow

3. Atop the Hill

4. The Inebriated Beauty

5. Long Hair

6. Spring and Autumn

7. Lodging on a Snowy Night

8. In the Woods

9. Bad Company

10. Old Regrets

11. Rude Awakening

12. Ladies of the Night

13. January First

14. Daybreak

15. Two Days in Chicago

16. The Sea in Summer

17. Midnight at a Bar

18. Fallen Leaves

19. Chronicle of Chinatown

20. Night Stroll

21. A June Night's Dream

22. A Night at Seattle Harbor

23. Night Fog

Related Subjects

• Asian Literature
• Fiction

Series

• Modern Asian Literature Series

About the Author

Nagai Kafu (1879–1959) is considered one of the most important Japanese writers of this century. He is best known in America for A Strange Tale from East of the River, which is included in Edward Seidensticker’s Kafu the Scribbler. "Elegant, erotic, aristocratic, Kafu’s writing has a special and complex flavor," states Thomas Rimer in A Reader’s Guide to Japanese Literature. "Winsome, antisocial yet capable of great enthusiasm, Kafu remains a unique and personal voice."

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