Gay Tales of the Samurai
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1886360006 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 100 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Gay Tales of the Samurai book has been released since 2013-12-23. Gay Tales of the Samurai are written by E. Powys Mathers, Henry M. Christman, Ihara Saikaku and it has 100 of pages on paperback.
"Bumpy translation makes for a bumpy read." according to Asphalt Jungle Guide. I've seen references in non-fiction books to some of these stories, so I *can* say they are indeed Japanese in origin. The publisher, however, should've gotten a better translator.This book's first European translation and publication was in French. The collection was then entitled: "Comrade-Loves of the Samurai. less good than bad I was a bit disappointed at the selection of stories but I can't blame the publishers. Blame the original medieval author, Saikaku, for writing tales that are somewhat predictable and repetitive? Samurai falls in love with a beautiful boy. Samurai pledges undying love to the beautiful boy in a prose-filled lette. not gay and not a translation from Japanese A Customer Mathers translated these tales, not from Japanese, but from the French translation of Mardrus, and they appeared originally in a three-volume collection called Eastern Love (1930). Hency this is more correctly called the Mardrus-Mathers translation. Mathers never used the word "gay", this is anachronistic and it