The house of Nire

by Morio Kita

Paperback, 1990

Collection

Main Library

Genres

Tags

japanese literature, novel, fiction

Status

Available

Description

A Japanese comic novel. This book is an amusing parody of a Thomas Mann saga set in a family-run Tokyo mental hospital. It also contains the sequel novel The Fall of the House of Nire.

Publication

Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International : Distributed in the U.S. by Kodansha International/USA, Ltd., 1990.

ISBN

4770023936 / 9784770023933

Pages

765

Language

English

Original language

Japanese

Original publication date

1964

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