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The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Author: Yasunari Kawabata
In the 1920s, Asakusa was to Tokyo what Montmartre had been to 1890s Paris and Times Square was to be to 1940s New York. Available in English for the first time, The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa, by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, captures the decadent allure of this entertainment district, where beggars and teenage prostitutes mixed wit...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520241817
ISBN-10: 0520241819
Publication Date: 4/18/2005
Pages: 264
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A bit overly modernist for my taste, but a fascinating look at a certain period in Japanese culture.


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