The god with the laughing face : twenty short stories / by Shin' ichi Hoshi ; translated by Robert Matthew
Digitised Book 216.73.216.191 (0)
1988
Information About
This text is a collection of 20 short stories by the famous Japanese science fiction writer, Shin'ichi Hoshi.Faithfully translated by Robert Matthew, it brings to us the enjoyment of a unique form of fiction, which otherwise have been available only to the Japanese readers.
Additional Details
- Title
- The god with the laughing face : twenty short stories / by Shin' ichi Hoshi ; translated by Robert Matthew
- Creators
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- Hoshi, Shinʼichi, 1926-
- Subject
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- Science fiction, Japanese--Translations into English
- Science fiction, English--Translations from Japanese
- Publisher
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- Asiapac, 1988
- National Library Board Singapore, 1988
- Contributors
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- Matthew, Robert
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Provenance
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- Table of Contents
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- The god with the laughing face -- A laudable tale of modern times -- The emergency alarm -- The ancient secret recipe -- Fingerprints -- The man who didn't like paying income tax -- Key money -- Protective colouring -- The opportunist -- A night time incident -- The scene that mattered -- Heaven's punishment -- The thoughtless companion -- The magician -- The love rings -- The problem man -- Service -- Insanity and bullets -- Insomnia -- The treasure ship.
- Edition
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- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.