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50 Great Oriental Stories

Gene Z. Hanrahan

First published 1965
Publisher Bantam Books
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Catalog ID NC266
Pages x+470
Price $0.95

Only genre stories added. Non-genre stories: China (all translated by Hanrahan)- • 'Fan the Loach' from the collection Ching-pen t'ung-hsu hsiao-shuo (京本通俗小說/ Jingben tongsu xiaoshuo). • 'Divorce' by Lu Hsun ({{A|魯迅}}). • 'Black Li & White Li' by {{A|Lao She}}. • 'The Confused Mr. Chao' by Mao Tun (Mao Dun 1896-1981). • 'An Autumn Night' by Sha Ting (Sha Ding (1904-1992). Japan- • 'Tomb of Fidelity' from the Hôgen Monogatari. {{Tr|{{A|A. B. Mitford}}}} & the editor. • 'Old Gen' by Kunikido Doppo (1871-1908). {{Tr|Sam Houston Brock}}. • 'The Izu Dancer' by {{A|Yasunari Kawabata}}. {{Tr|Edward Seidensticker}}. • 'Villon's Wife' by {{A|Osamu Dazai}}. {{Tr|Donald Keene}}. • 'Tokyo' by Fumiko Hayashi (1903-1951). {{Tr|Ivan Morris}}. India- • 'The Maiden and the Sage' by Dandin (Fl. 7th-8th C.). {{Tr|Horace Hayman Wilson}} & the editor. • 'Javni' by Raja Rao (1908-2006). • 'The Opium Eater' by Iqbal Ahmad (1921-1993). • 'The Bamboo Trick' by Achintya Kumar Sengupta (1903-1976). Central Asia- • 'Point of Departure' by Kasilkan (Kazakh writer from China). {{Tr|George Hartman}}. • 'Lost' by Malchinhu (Mala Qinfu/ Malquinfu: Mongolian 1930-). {{Tr|Sidney Shapiro}}. Southeast Asia- Indonesian translated by Robert MacQuaid. • 'Hamid' by Achdiat K. Mihardja (1911-2010). • 'The Lotteries of Haji Zakaria by Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004). • 'The Tiger' by S. Rajaratnam (1915-2006). Singapore • 'Ceremony' by J. C. Tuvera (1924-1996). The Philippines • 'The Prince of the Prison' by Dagon Shwe Hmyar (1895-1982). {{Tr|H. Conar}}. Burma • 'The 13-Carat Diamond' by Daw Khin Myo Chit (1915-1999). Burma

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Short Stories from China Gene Z. Hanrahan Essay
7 The Sorcerer's Apprentice Li Fu-yen Short Story
14 The Tale of Huo Hsiao-yu Chiang Fang Short Story
26 Beheaded in Error unknown Short Story
56 The Silver Ingot Ling Mengchu Short Story
58 The Taoist Priest of Wearisome Mountain P'u Sung-Ling Short Story
61 The Ventriloquist Master of the East Pavilion Short Story
64 Ghosts Yu Yueh Short Story
117 Short Stories from Japan Gene Z. Hanrahan Essay
122 The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child F. B. Harris & Gene Z. Hanrahan Short Story
137 The Exploits of Yorimitsu Roger Riordan & Gene Z. Hanrahan Short Story
150 Hōichi the Earless Lafcadio Hearn Short Story
159 Oshidori Lafcadio Hearn Short Story
160 The Dream of Akinosuké Lafcadio Hearn Short Story
166 Evil Karma Lafcadio Hearn Short Story
179 Rashomon Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Short Story
229 Short Stories from India Gene Z. Hanrahan Essay
235 Savitri's Love Vyāsa Short Story
241 How Light Belief Bringeth Damage Bidpai Short Story
243 The Brahmin Who Knew a Spell J. A. B. Van Buitenan Short Story
250 The Confidence Men Somadeva Bhatta Short Story
255 The Mirror Somadeva Bhatta Short Story
258 Revenge Somadeva Bhatta Short Story
262 Three Tales of a Demon Forster F. Arbuthnot & Gene Z. Hanrahan Short Story
274 The Hungry Stones Rabindranath Tagore Short Story
285 The Trellis Bibhuti Bhusan Bandyopadhyay Short Story
325 Short Stories from Central Asia Gene Z. Hanrahan Essay
347 Short Stories from Southeast Asia Gene Z. Hanrahan Essay
374 The Golden Goby J. Kasem Sibunruang Short Story
382 The Sultan of Kembajat Bokhari Short Story
388 Big Dog Tsou Han Suyin Short Story
408 Guardia de Honor Nick Joaquin Short Story
425 The Horror of Mahahena S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Short Story