花暖簾

by Toyoko Yamasaki, 邱振瑞 (Translator)

改編自日本娛樂軍團吉本興業創辦者吉本勢的奮鬥故事

女人在一生當中有許多賭注。
有賭上男人的女人，有賭上孩子的女人，也有賭上情夫的女人……
而我，穿上白色喪服，發誓不事二夫，不向命運低頭，也不向環境妥協，我的人生，只為了賭上一口氣。

日本曲藝界傳奇人物河島多加在大時代波瀾中，從無到有、從胼手胝足到呼風喚雨、從日進斗金到繁華落盡，平凡的大阪女子，不平凡的一生。

260 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 1961

About the author

Toyoko Yamasaki (山崎 豊子, real name Sugimoto Toyoko; 3 November 1924 – 29 September 2013) was a Japanese novelist.

A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, Noren (1957), a story of a kelp trader, based on the experiences of her family's business. The following year, she won the Naoki Prize for her second novel Hana Noren, the story about the founder of an entertainment group. A major influence on her writings of that period was Yasushi Inoue, who was deputy head of the Mainichi Shimbun's cultural news desk.

Yamasaki wrote some stories based on actual events. For example, Futatsu no Sokoku is derived from the biography of a Japanese American David Akira Itami, and Shizumanu Taiyō is based on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident. Several works of hers were featured in films and television dramas.