The wasteland / Takako Takahashi ; translated with an introduction by Britten Dean
- Bib ID:
- 8153382
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Takahashi, Takako, author
- Uniform Title:
- Arano English
- Description:
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- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University East Asia Program, 2019
- ©2019
- xxi, 211 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781939161109 (hardcover)
- 193916110X (hardcover)
- 9781939161000 (paperback)
- 1939161002 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9781942242000 (e-book)
- Series:
- Cornell East Asia series ; no. 200. 1050-2955
- Summary:
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"The Wasteland explores the psychology of the modern Japanese woman and her urge to realize an inner self of latent sexuality, long suppressed in Japan's male-dominated society. Nobe Michiko, the novel's narcissistic protagonist, leaves ruined lives in her wake as she pursues her lustful goals. The author, Takahashi Takako (1932 - 2013) earned bachelor's and master's degrees in French literature at prestigious Kyoto University, a remarkable achievement for a woman in the 1950s. There, she was influenced by the decadent poetry of Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) and the writings of novelist and Catholic apologist François Mauriac (1885-1970). Christianity and depravity characterize both The Wasteland and many of Takahashi's other works. The novel was first published in 1980 at a time of explosive Japanese economic growth which, in Takahashi's view, had created in Tokyo a wasteland of immorality and inhumanity. Yet it is a Christian novel, for the author was a devout Roman Catholic (indeed a one-time nun), and the title page epigraph from the Old Testament book of "Hosea" unmistakably mantles the narrative in a religious message--God is here to help if the wayward would but listen. But, do they listen?"--Publisher's website.
- Notes:
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- "Arano (The Wasteland) was first published in 1980. The edition used for this translation was published by Kawade Shobō Shinsha, Tokyom 1984"--page xix.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
- Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Fiction
- Other authors/contributors:
- Dean, Britten, translator
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2019
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