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by Toyoko Yamasaki

一介の丁稚から叩きあげ、苦労の末築いた店も長子も戦争で奪われ、ふりだしに戻った吾平の跡を継いだのは次男孝平であった。孝平は、大学出のインテリ商人と笑われながら、徹底して商業モラルを守り、戦後の動乱期から高度成長期まで、独自の才覚で乗り越え、遂には本店の再興を成し遂げる。親子二代“のれん”に全力を傾ける不屈の気骨と大阪商人の姿を描く作者の処女作。

204 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1957

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

[Muriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

大阪商人與商號，讓我再度看到日本對品質與商道的堅持，希望有一天也可以去大阪走走看看。

[mr. 阿創 · Rating 3 out of 5]

最早花登筐厚厚六大冊的《闊氣男子》使我著迷大阪船場商人的故事，山崎豐子反其道而行，只用薄薄兩百頁匆匆述說兩代興衰，效果竟然還不差，我想是船場故事太過迷人。這本書不能算是好作品，太短太薄太急是其致命傷，頂多只能看作是長篇幅的雜誌報導，然而作為山崎邁開作家之路的試磚石，這本書也早早展露了她織經編緯的天賦。