• Publication: 50 Great Oriental StoriesPublication Record # 935269
• Editor: Gene Z. Hanrahan
• Date: 1965-03-00
• Catalog ID: NC266
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Pub. Series: Bantam Classic
• Price:
  $0.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: x+470
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: 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 (魯迅). • 'Black Li & White Li' by 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. Translated by A. B. Mitford & the editor. • 'Old Gen' by Kunikido Doppo (1871-1908). Translated by Sam Houston Brock. • 'The Izu Dancer' by Yasunari Kawabata. Translated by Edward Seidensticker. • 'Villon's Wife' by Osamu Dazai. Translated by Donald Keene. • 'Tokyo' by Fumiko Hayashi (1903-1951). Translated by Ivan Morris. India- • 'The Maiden and the Sage' by Dandin (Fl. 7th-8th C.). Translated by 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). Translated by George Hartman. • 'Lost' by Malchinhu (Mala Qinfu/ Malquinfu: Mongolian 1930-). Translated by 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). Translated by H. Conar. Burma • 'The 13-Carat Diamond' by Daw Khin Myo Chit (1915-1999). Burma
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 65-13682
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2917211

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Short Stories from China • essay by Gene Z. Hanrahan
• 7 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • short story by
  Li Fu-yen^?Li Fuyan
  (trans. of
  杜子春^?Du Zichun
  Tu Tzu-ch'un
  unknown)
• 14 • The Tale of Huo Hsiao-yu • short story by
  蔣防^?Jiang Fang
  Chiang Fang
  (trans. of 霍小玉傳 unknown) [as by Chiang Fang]
• 26 • Beheaded in Error • (1965) • short story by unknown
• 56 • The Silver Ingot • short story by Ling Mengchu
• 58 • The Taoist Priest of Wearisome Mountain • short story by
  蒲松龄^?Pú Sōnglíng
  Pu Songlin
  Pu Sung-ling
  (trans. of 崂山道士 1740) [as by P'u Sung-Ling]
• 61 • The Ventriloquist • short story by Master of the East Pavilion
• 64 • Ghosts • short story by Yu Yueh
• 117 • Short Stories from Japan • essay by Gene Z. Hanrahan
• 122 • The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child • short story by Gene Z. Hanrahan and F. B. Harris
• 137 • The Exploits of Yorimitsu • short story by Gene Z. Hanrahan and Roger Riordan
• 150 •
  Hōichi the Earless^?Hoichi the Earless
  • short story by Lafcadio Hearn (variant of
  The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōïchi^?The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi
  1903)
• 159 • Oshidori • (1904) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 160 • The Dream of Akinosuké • (1904) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 166 • Evil Karma • short story by Lafcadio Hearn (variant of Ingwa-Banashi 1899)
• 179 • Rashomon • (1952) • short story by
  芥川龍之介^?Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  (trans. of
  羅生門^?Rashōmon
  1915) [as by
  Ryūnosuke Akutagawa^?Ryunosuke Akutagawa
  ]
• 229 • Short Stories from India • essay by Gene Z. Hanrahan
• 235 • Savitri's Love • short story by
  व्यासः^?Vyasa
  [as by
  Vyāsa^?Vyasa
  ]
• 241 • How Light Belief Bringeth Damage • (1961) • short story by Bidpai
• 243 • The Brahmin Who Knew a Spell • (1959) • short story by J. A. B. Van Buitenan
• 250 • The Confidence Men • [
  कथासरित्सागर^?Kathasaritsagara
  ] • short story by Somadeva Bhatta (trans. of The Story of Siva and Madhava unknown)
• 255 • The Mirror • [
  कथासरित्सागर^?Kathasaritsagara
  ] • short story by Somadeva Bhatta
• 258 • Revenge • [
  कथासरित्सागर^?Kathasaritsagara
  ] • short story by Somadeva Bhatta
• 262 • Three Tales of a Demon • short story by Forster F. Arbuthnot and Gene Z. Hanrahan
• 274 • The Hungry Stones • (1910) • short story by
  রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর^?Ravīndranātha Thākura
  (trans. of
  ক্ষুধিত পাষান^?Kshudhita Pashan
  1895) [as by Rabindranath Tagore]
• 285 • The Trellis • (1957) • short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (trans. of The Trellis unknown) [as by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandyopadhyay]
• 325 • Short Stories from Central Asia • essay by Gene Z. Hanrahan
• 347 • Short Stories from Southeast Asia • essay by Gene Z. Hanrahan
• 374 • The Golden Goby • (1954) • short story by J. Kasem Sibunruang
• 382 • The Sultan of Kembajat • short story by Bokhari
• 388 • Big Dog Tsou • (1955) • short story by Han Suyin
• 408 • Guardia de Honor • (1949) • short story by Nick Joaquin
• 425 • The Horror of Mahahena • (1952) • short story by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike