by Yasushi Inoue · Kodansha America · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780870115769
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«Tun-Huang» is the historical novel by Yasushi Inoue, published by Kodansha America in paperback (216 pages, in English).
A disillusioned scholar ventures into the desert frontier in eleventh-century China and becomes embroiled in the conflict between the Hsi-hsia tribes and the Song dynasty. The work is connected to the Buddhist manuscripts found in the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas at Tun-Huang, which remained hidden for nine centuries.
The novel was originally published in 1959 as «敦煌 (Tonkō)»; the English translation of this edition is by Jean Oda Moy. The work was awarded the Mainichi Press Prize.
For readers of historical fiction and Japanese literature, with an interest in eleventh-century China.
Yasushi Inoue was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include The Bullfight, The Roof Tile of Tempyō and Tun-huang.
