沈まぬ太陽〈2〉アフリカ篇(下)

by Toyoko Yamasaki

山崎豊子のベストセラー　沈まぬ太陽　２　アフリカ篇　下。 家族との別離、果てしなき孤独を支えたアフリカの大地。理不尽な現代の流刑に耐える主人公と家族の、主命の転変。

483 pages, 文庫

First published October 31, 2001

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.

Reviews

[Hiromi Kashino · Rating 5 out of 5]

手放せずノンストップでよんじゃいました。

[MameYakko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't know that this novel has an actual model.