Red ghost, white ghost : stories and essays
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Red ghost, white ghost : stories and essays
（Cornell East Asia series, no. 188）（New Japanese horizon series）
East Asia Program, Cornell University, c2018
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私は躁病である
買物
おたまじゃくし
死
ヒマラヤのヒョウタンツギ
船長
河口にて
黄いろい船
不倫
うつろの中
母の味
なまけもの論
赤いオバケと白いオバケ
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Bibliography: p. 153-155
Contents of Works
- I am manic
- Shopping
- Tadpoles
- Death
- Himalayan Hyōtantsugi
- The captain
- At the mouth of the river
- Yellow ship
- Improper
- In the hollow
- My mother's cooking
- On layabouts
- The red ghost and the white ghost
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume introduces short stories and essays by Kita Morio (1927-2011), one of the most significant, prolific, and beloved post-war writers in Japan. Also known by his literary persona, Dokutoru ManbA (Doctor Manbo), Kita was a remarkably versatile writer who produced both serious and comical works in a wide variety of genres. The short stories and essays included in this collection have been carefully selected from Kita's large body of writings to exhibit the breadth of his work. The collection includes his autobiographical fiction, comical essays, science fiction, somber fictional stories, and stories for children. Death, a work of autobiographical fiction, depicts the death and the writer's memories of his father, SaitA Mokichi, one of the most important poets in modern Japan. Being a psychiatrist and bipolar patient himself, Kita comically talks about his eccentric behavior during the manic state in the essay "I Am a Manic Patient." The title story, "The Red Ghost and the White Ghost," is a children's story about two ghosts who are incapable of scaring people. Although it is a story for children, Kita subtly includes his criticism of modern society where people value only scientific and tangible things.
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