Yasushi Inoue
Japanese novelist celebrated for historical novels set in Central Asia and ancient Japan. His precise, austere prose style and archaeological imagination produced fiction of unusual spiritual depth.
Works
- The Roof Tile of TempyoHistorical fiction about an emperor's spiritual quest for immortality and meaning
- Tun-huangHistorical novel following monks preserving Buddhist texts in remote Silk Road oasis
- The Hunting GunPsychological thriller about three people united by an ancient hunting gun's curse
- Lou-lanHistorical fiction depicting the discovery and excavation of a lost desert city
- Flood of the RiverNovel exploring human connection and redemption set against flood and devastation