CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE LITERATURE : An Anthology of Fiction, Film, and Other Writing Since 1945

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 1st Edition First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/As New & Bright. Stated First Edition. Green soft cover/VG; shelfworn w/light edge, surface wear & faint creasing to lower back corner, and, trace brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text blocks. Anthology of English translations of post-1945 Japanese short stories, poetry, film script & drama. Edited by Ohio-born Howard Hibbett (1920 - 2019), Harvard-schooled faculty, Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, who served as a World War II U.S. Army Japanese-language specialist (1942-46). Collection of Japanese literature from the end of World War I through World War II's 2 atomic bombs. English translations of works, w/biographical sketches of authors. 468 pgs. Rich, historic voices of some 22 Japanese writers from the past. Fine copy despite flaws.