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ささぶね船長 (ソノラマ文庫)

Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award

ささぶね船長 (ソノラマ文庫)

永井萌二

Sasabune Sencho is a full-length children's novel based on the memoirs of a real model and centered on children who lived as homeless youths around postwar Ueno. Through Haruo, Sankichi, Makiko, and others as they regain a footing in harsh circumstances, the book looks at postwar disorder and children's resilience.

postwar children's literaturehomeless and war-orphaned childrenrehabilitation and independencesolidarity among friendsstory based on real experience

Work Information

Children surviving in a burned-out city gradually recover a small pride and trust in one another.

Published by Shinchosha in 1955, Sasabune Sencho is a full-length children's novel with illustrations by Mitsuo Mutsuura. The National Diet Library describes it as the story of a boy who had lived as a homeless child in Ueno and rehabilitates himself, based on the memoirs of a real model. A direct Amazon Japan match by title and author could not be confirmed, but the original book was verified through NDL and CiNii, and the later Sonorama Bunko edition was checked for ISBN-13, ISBN-10, and page count. No magazine issue or unrelated title identifier has been used.

Review Summaries

  • The novel is distinctive for turning the experience of a real boy into a children's story about a social problem. Although it deals with hardship, its focus on the children's recovery gives the book a hopeful aftertaste.

  • The work can be read as a meeting point between the author's journalistic sense of reality and his interest in children's literature. It is valuable for portraying postwar children not merely as objects of pity but as people rebuilding their lives within society.

Book Information

Publisher
朝日ソノラマ
Published
1975-12-01
Pages
223 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784257760115
ISBN-10
4257760117
Price
3899 JPY

Amazon.co.jp: ささぶね船長 (ソノラマ文庫) : 永井 萠二, 六浦 光雄: 本

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