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明治から昭和初期にかけて活躍した文学者、島崎藤村の長編小説。自身と姪との近親姦を小説の形で告白したもので、自然主義文学の最高傑作とも呼ばれる。芥川竜之介は「「新生」の主人公ほど老獪な偽善者に出会つたことはなかつた」と書き遺した。姪のこま子のことは、1937(昭和12)年に入院したことがマスコミで報じられ、「「新生」のモデルのその後」が広く知られることになった。

577 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 27, 2012

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Tōson Shimazaki

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Tōson Shimazaki is the pen-name of Shimazaki Haruki, a Japanese author, active in the Meiji, Taishō and early Showa periods of Japan. He began his career as a poet, but went on to establish himself as the major proponent of naturalism in Japanese literature.

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