ワシントンの街から
Written by an author living in the United States, this nonfiction work portrays Washington, D.C. through everyday scenes, setting the institutional face of a political city against the feelings and routines of the people who live there. Rather than observing the city only from the outside, it uses a resident's viewpoint to capture race, family, social life, and urban atmosphere, examining the gap between American social mechanisms and human experience.
Work Information
Behind the ordered streets of the capital, the uncertainties and resilience of immigrants, families, and neighbors come into view.
Washington no Machi kara is Fumiko Halloran's nonfiction account of life in the United States, published by Bungeishunju. It presents Washington, D.C., often described as a center of politics, as a lived space where family, neighborhood relations, street conversations, and social norms intersect. Attentive to the rational and constructed aspects of American society, it also gathers moments of loneliness, kindness, and bewilderment, rereading the capital as a place of human life.
Review Summaries
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The work is received as a sensitive portrayal of the friction between the institutional side of American society and the emotions of the people living within it. It is valued for showing social structure through the feel of daily life rather than leaning only on urban commentary or travel writing.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 文藝春秋
- Published
- 1979-06-01
- Pages
- 286 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784163351100
- ISBN-10
- 4163351108
- Price
- 357 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
Amazon.co.jp: ワシントンの街から : ハロラン芙美子: 本
Reviews
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特段のこともない
大宅壮一ノンフィクション賞受賞作だが、この賞は桐島洋子以来、女性が海外事情を書くとやたらと授与していて、これなどは文庫にすらなっていないのは、面白くない、凡庸だからである。