船乗りクプクプの冒険

by Morio Kita, 北 杜夫

宿題をなまけて本を読み始めたタローは奇妙なメマイとともに、物語の世界に陥ち込んだ。執筆途中で姿をくらましたキタ・モリオ氏のために大海原を漂うはめになった主人公クプクプに変身したのだ。物語の結末を求めて無責任作者を追うクプクプとその仲間の前に、つぎつぎと現われるメチャメチャの世界。読む人を思わず青い海へ、空想のたのしみへとひきこむユニークなメルヘン。

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Morio Kita was the pen name of Japanese novelist, essayist, and psychiatrist, Sokichi Saitō. He attended Azabu High School, Matsumoto Higher School (now part of Shinshu University) and graduated from Tohoku University's School of Medicine.
He initially worked as a doctor at Keio University Hospital. Motivated by the collections of his father's poems and the books of German author Thomas Mann, he decided to become a novelist.
He is the father of the essayist Yuka Saitō.