© Columbia University Press
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Paper, 248 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13913-7
$22.50
/ £13.00
December, 2006
Cloth, 248 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13912-0
$30.00
/ £17.50
"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." — The 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