{"product_id":"land-of-volcanic-ash-a-play-in-two-parts-paperback-softback-9780939657834","title":"Land of Volcanic Ash; A Play in Two Parts (Paperback \/ softback) 9780939657834","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLand of Volcanic Ash\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Play in Two Parts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSakae Kubo (Author), David G. Goodman (Translated by), David G. Goodman (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780939657834\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLand of Volcanic Ash\u003c\/i\u003e makes a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and history of shingeki, its practitioners, major works and significance as an intellectual phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Association of Teachers of Japanese) \u003cp\u003eKubo Sakae is among the most important modern Japanese playwrights, and Goodman has made him an open door for Western readers.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Asian Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eKubo Sakae's \u003ci\u003eLand of Volcanic Ash (Kazanbaichi)\u003c\/i\u003e is recognized as the major socialist realist drama of pre-war Japan. The play, which describes the struggles of a reform-minded intellectual in the Hokkaido countryside, is based on events surrounding the famine of 1934. It has been described \"not only as Kubo Sakae's most representative work, but as the finest realist drama of the pre-war period.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell East Asia Series","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584780562712,"sku":"9780939657834","price":16.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/land-of-volcanic-ash-a-play-in-two-parts-paperback-softback-9780939657834","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}