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The Heike Story (1956)
by Eiji Yoshikawa
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    A Single-Splendored Epic (Review)
    Earl Miner
    The Heike Story, by Eiji Yoshikawa
    1. The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa
    The Saturday Review, November 10, 1956, p. 14
  2. [+]
    World Ills in the Far East (5 Reviews)
    Kenneth Rexroth
    Zone of Emptiness, by Hiroshi Noma
    1. Zone of Emptiness by Hiroshi Noma
    2. The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
    3. The Frontiers of Love by Diana Chang
    4. The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa
    5. Three Geishas by Kikou Yamata
    The Nation, September 29, 1956, p. 271
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    Weight Lifting, Nihilism, and the Japanese Novel (5 Reviews)
    Mark Schorer
    The Sound of Waves, by Yukio Mishima
    1. The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
    2. Modern Japanese Literature by Donald Keene
    3. The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
    4. Zone of Emptiness by Hiroshi Noma
    5. The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa
    The Reporter, November 29, 1956, pp. 41-44
  4. [+]
    Briefly Noted (6 Reviews)
    Fiction
    1. The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa
    2. The Mermaids by Eva Boros
    3. Some Corner of an English Field by Dannie Abse
    4. Sundays from Two to Six by Virginia Abaunza
    5. Count Roller Skates by Thomas Sancton
    6. The Etruscan by Mika Waltari
    The New Yorker, January 5, 1957, pp. 70-72
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    Atlantic Bookshelf (9 Reviews)
    Charles J. Rolo
    Reader's Choice
    1. The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West
    2. The Last Parallel by Martin Russ
    3. The Muses are Heard by Truman Capote
    4. Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
    5. The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa
    6. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
    7. Modern Japanese Literature by Donald Keene
    8. The Mermaids by Eva Boros
    9. Antonello da Messina by Stefano Bottari
    The Atlantic Monthly, January 1957, pp. 85-88
  6. Books and the Arts
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    What Do They Read in Tokyo? (12 Reviews)
    Donald Richie
    Rashomon, and Other Stories, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
    1. Rashomon, and Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
    2. No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
    3. The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
    4. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
    5. Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
    6. Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
    7. The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
    8. Five Modern No Plays by Yukio Mishima
    9. Kokoro by Natsume Soseki
    10. The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki
    11. Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki
    12. The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa
    The Nation, February 14, 1959, p. 142