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風流尸解記 (講談社文芸文庫 かD 1)

Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

風流尸解記 (講談社文芸文庫 かD 1)

Mitsuharu Kaneko

Set in postwar Tokyo, this novel begins with an encounter with a blind girl and entwines desire, death, and hallucination. Mitsuharu Kaneko’s dense poetic prose exposes human sadness, tenderness, and cruelty at once.

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Work Information

An unusual novel by poet Mitsuharu Kaneko, where a journey of love turns into a descent through hell.

The Kodansha Bungei Bunko edition includes the title work and six other stories by Kaneko. The title novel moves beyond romance to depict death clinging to body and memory, offering a gateway to the poet’s fiction.

Book Information

Publisher
講談社
Published
1990-09-01
Pages
343 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784061960947
ISBN-10
4061960946
Price
542 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論/文芸作品/日本文学

まだ焼け跡の残る敗戦直後の東京の町の片すみで男は抱いた少女の裸身の背後に、朽ち果てた無残な女たちの尸(しかばね)の幻影を見る。恋の道ゆき、地獄廻りのものがたりに、人間の哀しさ、愛しさと残酷さを容赦ない筆致で剔出する『風流尸解記』。芸術選奨受賞。『蛾』『手』『心猿』『姫鬼』『獲麟』『樹懶』の6短篇を併せて優れた現代詩人金子信晴の遺した全小説7篇を集成。

Reviews

  • 状態並みでした。

    他と比べて「良い」が少し下がりますね

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