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Lake of Heaven: An Original Translation of the Japanese Novel by Ishimure Michiko - AsiaWorld Michiko Ishimure
Lake of Heaven: An Original Translation of the Japanese Novel by Ishimure Michiko - AsiaWorld
Michiko Ishimure
Lake of Heaven is a tale of the people, culture, and environment of a Japanese mountain village that is sunk to build a dam. As Gary Snyder comments, the story becomes a parable for the larger world, "in which all of our old cultures and all of our old villages are becoming buried, sunken, and lost under the rising waters of the dams of industriali
356 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 26, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780739124628 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 356 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 240 × 32 mm · 705 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Allen, Bruce |