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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.

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  1. Cover
  2. p. 1
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-9
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  1. Translator’s Preface
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-17
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  1. The Crab Cannery Ship
  2. pp. 19-96
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  1. Yasuko
  2. pp. 97-219
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  1. Life of a Party Member
  2. pp. 221-293
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 295-299
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  1. Works by Kobayashi Takiji
  2. pp. 301-322
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