© Columbia University Press
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Paper, 248 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13913-7
$23.50
/ £16.00
November, 2006
Cloth, 248 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13912-0
$30.00
/ £20.50
"Chambers's edition of Tales of Moonlight and Rain is well worthwhile... Highly Recommended." — The Complete Review
"A shining new version of a living Japanese classic." — Japan Times
"Japan scholars and people who just like weird, spooky stuff should enjoy this new edition of Akinari's classic." — Brad Quinn, Daily Yomiuri
"Chambers's new translation is a lucid addition to the handful of previous versions." — James Lasdun's, The Guardian
"Like Mizoguchi in his classic film Ugetsu Monogatari, Anthony Chambers has captured the haunting, emotion-charged atmosphere of Ueda Akinari's tales. This superb new translation reveals their central place in the millennium-long tradition of Japanese fiction." — Howard Hibbett, professor of Japanese Literature Emeritus, Harvard University
"Anthony Chambers, a master translator of modern fiction, has produced a superb translation of one of the great works of early modern Japan. The informative introductions, careful notes, and wonderful style draw us into the incredibly rich and allusive world of the strange and marvelous that Ueda Akinari has created and that has inspired many generations of writers and readers. A work to be savored that deepens with each rereading." — Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature, Columbia University