Eclipse : A Novel
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0231214901
ISBN-13
9780231214902
Publisher
Columbia University Press
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Columbia University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 12th, 2024
Print length
152 Pages
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Keiichiro Hirano’s Eclipse, set on the eve of the Renaissance in Europe, is the award-winning debut novel of one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary writers.
In the late fifteenth century, a young Dominican friar sets out on a journey from Paris to Florence in search of manuscripts of pre-Christian philosophy. Along the way, he encounters an ascetic alchemist in a small village. As the young man falls under the spell of the alchemists quest for enlightenment, a series of disastersculminating in a total solar eclipsestrikes the village, with profound consequences.
Keiichiro Hiranos Eclipse was a meteoric literary sensation when it first appeared in 1998. Its author, still an undergraduate, was hailed as a prodigy; the book received Japans most prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, and became a bestseller. Set on the eve of the Renaissance in Europe, Eclipse depicts a society that is on the surface vastly different from modern-day Japan. Yet its account of a challenge to dualistic binaries and ossified worldviews holds striking contemporary resonance and philosophical depth. Taking the form of a memoir, Eclipse brings together an evocative portrayal of its historical setting, including the lore of medieval alchemy, with a rich literary lexicon, lush imagery, and psychological intricacy. This vivid translation offers Anglophone readers a vital work by one of Japans most distinctive voices.
Keiichiro Hiranos Eclipse was a meteoric literary sensation when it first appeared in 1998. Its author, still an undergraduate, was hailed as a prodigy; the book received Japans most prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, and became a bestseller. Set on the eve of the Renaissance in Europe, Eclipse depicts a society that is on the surface vastly different from modern-day Japan. Yet its account of a challenge to dualistic binaries and ossified worldviews holds striking contemporary resonance and philosophical depth. Taking the form of a memoir, Eclipse brings together an evocative portrayal of its historical setting, including the lore of medieval alchemy, with a rich literary lexicon, lush imagery, and psychological intricacy. This vivid translation offers Anglophone readers a vital work by one of Japans most distinctive voices.
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