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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 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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 303
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780824836672
  • Genres
  • japan, fiction, asia, politics
  • Release date
  • 2013