Download or read book The Blue Eyed Tarokaja written by Donald Keene and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996-06-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The preeminent Western authority on Japanese literature a presents a collection of personal essays and literary vignettes that offers a fresh and personal insight into his prolific career as a writer and translator, traveler and social observer.

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