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Лабиринт. В 2-х томах
Роман "Лабиринт" принадлежит перу старейшей японской писательницы Яэко Ногами (р. 1885 г.). Это крупное реалистическое полотно, дающее широкую и яркую картину жизни Японии тридцатых - сороковых годов двадцатого века.
В центре романа - образы молодых представителей интеллигенции, которые в начале тридцатых годов под влиянием марксистских идей примкнули к левому студенческому движению, затем, устрашившись полицейских репрессий, отступились от своих идеалов и публично покаялись, а впоследствии совершили попытку снов вернуться на путь революционной борьбы.
В центре романа - образы молодых представителей интеллигенции, которые в начале тридцатых годов под влиянием марксистских идей примкнули к левому студенческому движению, затем, устрашившись полицейских репрессий, отступились от своих идеалов и публично покаялись, а впоследствии совершили попытку снов вернуться на путь революционной борьбы.
1183 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1952
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About the author
Yaeko Nogami
32 books7 followersYaeko Nogami (野上 弥生子 Nogami Yaeko?, 6 May 1885 - 30 March 1985) was the pen-name of a novelist in Shōwa period Japan. Her maiden name was Kotegawa Yae.
Nogami was born in Usuki in Oita prefecture as the daughter of a wealthy sake brewer. She was taught at home by private tutors, including Kubo Kaizo, who introduced her to classic Chinese literature, classic Japanese literature and taught her the art of writing tanka poetry. She met the novelist Kinoshita Naoe, who persuaded her to enter the Meiji-Jogakkō, a Christian-orientated girls’ school in Tokyo. While a student in Tokyo, she met Nogami Toyoichirō, a student of Noh drama and English literature under Natsume Sōseki. They were married in 1906, but she continued to work towards literary recognition. Her first published work was a short story Enishi ("Ties of Love") in the literary magazine Hototogisu in 1907.
In the 1910s, Nogami submitted poems and short stories to the mainstream literary journal Chuo Koron, Shincho, and to the feminist magazine Seito, and gained a substantial following with fans of the proletarian literature movement. She maintained a correspondence with fellow female writers Yuasa Yoshiko and Miyamoto Yuriko, with whom she shared the sentiment that literature must serve a purpose towards increasing morality and social activism. In 1922, she published Kaijin maru ("The Neptune", tr. 1957), a shocking semi-factual account of four men in the crew of a wrecked fishing boat who must struggle with the choice of starvation or cannibalism. This novel was adapted into the 1962 film Ningen directed by Kaneto Shindo.
Nogami started to explore historical fiction in the 1920s, with Oishi Yoshio, a story about one of the Forty-seven Ronin in 1926.
As the Japanese government turned increasingly toward totalitarianism and it appeared that war was inevitable, she and her husband traveled to Europe where they witnessed the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and ominous signs that would lead up to World War II. They returned to Japan prior to the outbreak of WWII, and she concentrated on her writing. In the post-war period, she resumed her contacts with Miyamoto Yuriko, and joined her in the foundation of the Shin Nihon Bungakukai.
Her postwar output was prolific and varied, including Hideyoshi to Rikyu ("Hideyoshi and Rikyu", 1962–1963), in which she explores the relationship between artist and patron (in this case Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Sen no Rikyū). The novel was adapted into the film Rikyu by Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara.
(from Wikipedia)
Nogami was born in Usuki in Oita prefecture as the daughter of a wealthy sake brewer. She was taught at home by private tutors, including Kubo Kaizo, who introduced her to classic Chinese literature, classic Japanese literature and taught her the art of writing tanka poetry. She met the novelist Kinoshita Naoe, who persuaded her to enter the Meiji-Jogakkō, a Christian-orientated girls’ school in Tokyo. While a student in Tokyo, she met Nogami Toyoichirō, a student of Noh drama and English literature under Natsume Sōseki. They were married in 1906, but she continued to work towards literary recognition. Her first published work was a short story Enishi ("Ties of Love") in the literary magazine Hototogisu in 1907.
In the 1910s, Nogami submitted poems and short stories to the mainstream literary journal Chuo Koron, Shincho, and to the feminist magazine Seito, and gained a substantial following with fans of the proletarian literature movement. She maintained a correspondence with fellow female writers Yuasa Yoshiko and Miyamoto Yuriko, with whom she shared the sentiment that literature must serve a purpose towards increasing morality and social activism. In 1922, she published Kaijin maru ("The Neptune", tr. 1957), a shocking semi-factual account of four men in the crew of a wrecked fishing boat who must struggle with the choice of starvation or cannibalism. This novel was adapted into the 1962 film Ningen directed by Kaneto Shindo.
Nogami started to explore historical fiction in the 1920s, with Oishi Yoshio, a story about one of the Forty-seven Ronin in 1926.
As the Japanese government turned increasingly toward totalitarianism and it appeared that war was inevitable, she and her husband traveled to Europe where they witnessed the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and ominous signs that would lead up to World War II. They returned to Japan prior to the outbreak of WWII, and she concentrated on her writing. In the post-war period, she resumed her contacts with Miyamoto Yuriko, and joined her in the foundation of the Shin Nihon Bungakukai.
Her postwar output was prolific and varied, including Hideyoshi to Rikyu ("Hideyoshi and Rikyu", 1962–1963), in which she explores the relationship between artist and patron (in this case Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Sen no Rikyū). The novel was adapted into the film Rikyu by Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara.
(from Wikipedia)
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February 3, 2022
This book sparked my interest in reading after many years. In a way, this book found me. My family and I were sorting out books from my grandma’s bookshelf (who sadly passed away due covid) and this novel caught my attention. It was a gift to my (also passed away) grandfather, as it was signed “to Dima on the Day of The Soviet Army”. It really is a shame that this novel doesn’t have a digital version and isn’t published anymore.
What I loved about it is that it was a such a deep dive in Japanese culture in 40’s. There was a chapter about how sake is made, about noh theater, we see how the Japanese aristocrates live and what they do for a living.
We follow the main character and there also chapters with POV’s of other characters, that are somehow connected to Shōjõ, the MC. (There are a couple very well-written female characters, which was a joy to me!) And we see how their lives and morals are changing through historical events (ww2 is just starting)
This book is pretty thick (about 700 pages), but it is so captivating and easy to read, that you can’t stop reading.
I highly recommend it and I would love to see more people reading it!
(I WILL give my copy to friends and make them read it)
What I loved about it is that it was a such a deep dive in Japanese culture in 40’s. There was a chapter about how sake is made, about noh theater, we see how the Japanese aristocrates live and what they do for a living.
We follow the main character and there also chapters with POV’s of other characters, that are somehow connected to Shōjõ, the MC. (There are a couple very well-written female characters, which was a joy to me!) And we see how their lives and morals are changing through historical events (ww2 is just starting)
This book is pretty thick (about 700 pages), but it is so captivating and easy to read, that you can’t stop reading.
I highly recommend it and I would love to see more people reading it!
(I WILL give my copy to friends and make them read it)
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