Rituals of Self-Revelation: Shishōsetsu as Literary Genre and Socio-Cultural Phenomenon (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

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Published April 15, 1996
ISBN 273465
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Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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