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Motojirō Kajii

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Motojirō Kajii


Born
in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan
February 17, 1901

Died
March 24, 1932

Genre
Short Stories, Literature & Fiction


Motojirō Kajii (native name: 梶井基次郎) was an influential Japanese modernist whose short stories have shaped the work of countless writers through their poetics and striking imagery. Confrontations of death and meditations on the sublime in nature are among the recurring motifs in the body of work he left behind when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 31. His works have remained in the popular consciousness, inspiring the occasional fan to leave a lemon at an outlet of the bookstore chain Maruzen in homage to the iconic scene in “Lemon” (1925). ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 2,556 ratings · 420 reviews · 93 distinct works • Similar authors
Cytryna
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3.58 avg rating — 2,072 ratings — published 1967 — 4 editions
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Días de invierno
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3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1928 — 4 editions
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桜の樹の下には [Sakura no ki no sh...
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3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1928 — 6 editions
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Lemon
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梶井基次郎 (ちくま日本文学028)
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008
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愛撫 [Aibu]
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1930 — 2 editions
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蒼穹 [Sokyu]
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1928
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Yami no emaki
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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Limone e altri racconti
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Kobi
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“The act of seeing is no small thing. To see something is to be possessed by it. Sometimes it carries off a part of you, sometimes it’s your whole soul.”
― Motojirō Kajii
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“Krajobraz mroku nigdy się nie zmienia. Nie zliczę, ile razy szedłem tą ścieżką, a z każdym krokiem powracają te same rojenia.”
― Motojirō Kajii, Cytryna
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“Kocie uszy to prawdziwy ewenement. Cienkie i chłodne, na zewnątrz porośnięte miękkim puszkiem, wewnątrz gładkie i lśniące – jak młode pędy bambusa. Uformowane są z osobliwej tkanki, zarazem miękkiej i sztywnej, która wymyka się próbom opisu. Od dziecka na samą myśl o kocich uszach ogarniało mnie nieprzeparte pragnienie, by przebić je szczypcami do kasowania biletów. Pewnie ze mnie okrutnik?”
― Motojirō Kajii, Cytryna
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