食卓のない家

by Fumiko Enchi, 円地文子

鬼童子信之は、過激派の同志虐殺と〈八ケ岳山荘事件〉に連座して獄中にいる長男・乙彦に面会することも、進んで弁護士をつけることもしない。信之は、息子には息子の、自分には自分の生き方があるという信念を貫き、職を辞すこともなく、マスコミの取材も拒否した。そのため、彼と家族への世間の指弾は一層厳しさを増す。連合赤軍事件を潜在的テーマに、家族とは何かを問う長編。

532 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

See author 円地文子.

Fumiko Enchi was the pen name of the late Japanese Shōwa period playwright and novelist Fumiko Ueda.

The daughter of a linguist, Fumiko learned a lot about French, English, Japanese and Chinese literature through private tutorage.

Fumiko suffered from poor health as a child and spent most of her time at home. She was introduced to literature by her grandmother, who showed her to the likes of The Tale of Genji, as well as to Edo period gesaku novels and to the kabuki and bunraku theater. By 13 years old her reading list had grown to include works of the lights of Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Kyōka Izumi, Nagai Kafū, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. She discovered a special interest in the sadomasochistic aestheticism style of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,

She was inspired to write plays after attended lectures by the founder of modern Japanese drama, Kaoru Osanai.