The temple of the wild geese : and Bamboo dolls of Echizen : two novellas

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The temple of the wild geese : and Bamboo dolls of Echizen : two novellas

by Tsutomu Mizukami ; translated with a postscript by Dennis Washburn

Dalkey Archive Press, 2008

タイトル別名

Gan no tera

Echizen take ningyo

雁の寺

越前竹人形

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注記

Translation of two works: 雁の寺. 東京 : 文芸春秋, 1961; 越前竹人形. 東京 : 中央公論社, 1963

"This book has been selected by the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP)."--T.p. verso

"Japanese literature series, fiction"--Dust cover

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内容説明

The Temple of the Wild Geese, a semi-autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mother, a beggar, abandoned him. Sent to live at a temple at the age of ten, his resentment smolders for years until it explodes in a shocking climax. In Bamboo Dolls of Echizen, no woman is willing to marry the diminutive Kisuke, a bamboo artisan, until Tamae, a prostitute, comes to pay her respects at the grave of Kisuke's father. In Tamae, Kisuke sees shadows of his own mother, who died when he was young, and the two eventually marry. Since Kisuke seeks only motherly affection from Tamae, the two never become lovers. Instead, Tamae devotes herself to caring for Kisuke as a mother would, and he thrives as a renowned maker of bamboo dolls.

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