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Yasuo Tanaka

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Tanaka Yasuo

プロフィール

性別
男性
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
novelist, writer, politician
活動期間
1980年〜
ノミネート
Nominated for the 84th Akutagawa Prize (1981)

学歴

Hitotsubashi University
Faculty of Law / Department of Law
国: Japan
At time of publication he was a fourth-year student at Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Law.

受賞歴

Bungei Prize
1980
対象作品: Nantonaku, Crystal
主催: Bungei (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Nantonaku, Crystal

1980年 Novel

Centered on Yuri, a female university student living in Tokyo, the novel portrays 1980s trends, fashions and brand culture in a distinctive style accompanied by numerous annotations. Regarded as an early example of postmodern Japanese literature; the book edition was published in 1981 and sales exceeded one million copies.

postmodern literatureyouth culturebrandsurban lifedemographic decline
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Nantonaku, Crystal / 松原信吾 (1981)

全著作

  • Nantonaku, Crystal
  • Brilliant Afternoon
  • Nantonaku, Crystal: 33 Years Later
  • Our Era

翻案

  • Nantonaku, Crystal (film, 1981; dir. Shingo Matsubara)

作風・主題

文体
metafictional style with extensive annotationsfragmented, conversational narration
頻出モチーフ
brandsannotations/footnotesTokyo place namesstatistical data such as birthrate

評価・遺産

Regarded as a pioneering postmodern work in Japan and emblematic of 1980s brand culture; it became a bestseller with over one million copies sold in various editions, spawned a film adaptation and a later sequel, and influenced popular discourse.

大衆文化への影響

  • The title became a buzzword and spawned the term 'Crystal tribe' (クリスタル族).
  • Commonly abbreviated as 'Nan-Kuri'.

引用

  • Nantonaku, Crystal
    出典: Nantonaku, Crystal (1980年)

豆知識

  • Often abbreviated as 'Nan-Kuri'.
  • The original edition contained 442 annotations (the sequel has 438).
  • Reported total sales of the book editions exceeded one million copies.
  • Adapted into a film by Shochiku in 1981, which did not perform well commercially.