The Crab Cannery Ship and Other Novels of Struggle:

This collection introduces the work of Japan's foremost Marxist writer, Kobayashi Takiji (1903-1933), to an English-speaking audience, providing access to a vibrant, dramatic, politically engaged side of Japanese literature that is seldom seen outside Japan. The volume presents a new translatio...

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Main Author: Kobayashi, Takiji (Author)
Other Authors: Takiji, Kobayashi (Contributor), Yōichi, Komori (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [2013]
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
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Summary:This collection introduces the work of Japan's foremost Marxist writer, Kobayashi Takiji (1903-1933), to an English-speaking audience, providing access to a vibrant, dramatic, politically engaged side of Japanese literature that is seldom seen outside Japan. The volume presents a new translation of Takiji's fiercely anticapitalist Kani kōsen-a classic that became a runaway bestseller in Japan in 2008, nearly eight decades after its 1929 publication. It also offers the first-ever translations of Yasuko and Life of a Party Member, two outstanding works that unforgettably explore both the costs and fulfillments of revolutionary activism for men and women. The book features a comprehensive introduction by Komori Yōichi, a prominent Takiji scholar and professor of Japanese literature at Tokyo University
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages) 2 maps
ISBN:9780824837907
DOI:10.1515/9780824837907