In this Book
- The Crab Cannery Ship: and Other Novels of Struggle
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
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.
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Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Translator’s Preface
- pp. ix-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-17
- The Crab Cannery Ship
- pp. 19-96
- Life of a Party Member
- pp. 221-293
- Works by Kobayashi Takiji
- pp. 301-322
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824837907
Related ISBN(s)
9780824836672
MARC Record
OCLC
859157375
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No