Publisher's Synopsis
In this classic tale of tortured ambition and the eventual discovery of artistic enlightenment, Nakajima Atsushi brilliantly blends Confucian and Zen Buddhist thought in a well crafted, cinematic story about an archer on a quest to be the greatest of all time. This Japanese literary masterpiece is the first in "Maplopo's "Masters of Story" collection. A unique gathering of Japanese literature translated into English that highlights some of the most wonderfully diverse stories from Japan's most treasured writers. The next release in the "Masters of Story" collection is "Wind, Light, and the Twenty-Year Old Me" from Sakaguchi Ango.
This is the first in the Maplopo Masters of Story collection.Additional English translations of Japanese literature include: Wish Fulfilled, by Dazai Osamu (now exclusively available in Daffodil)
Wind, Light and the Twenty-Year-Old Me, by Sakaguchi Ango
Daffodil, by Dazi Osamu
