Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
水中庭園 (福武文庫 や 601)
Underwater Garden is a coming-of-age novel set around the mid-1950s, following a young man who leaves his hometown for Tokyo and encounters sexual awakening, friendship, and a harsh job market. It brings out the mood just before Japan’s high-growth era through one person’s uncertainties.
Work Information
Through the eyes of a young man in Tokyo, the youth and restlessness of an era come into view.
The Fukutake Bunko edition presents it as a bildungsroman set before the Shinkansen and while the red-light districts still existed, directly portraying a young man’s longing and anxiety.
Review Summaries
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Readers value the direct engagement with a weighty subject and the writing that makes its time and place feel concrete. Some also find the density demanding because it asks for historical or cultural context.
Book Information
- Publisher
- ベネッセコーポレーション
- Published
- 1989-07-01
- Pages
- 350 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784828831046
- ISBN-10
- 4828831045
- Price
- 400 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論/文芸作品/日本文学
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自伝的青春小説
毎日出版文化賞受賞だが、企業小説で知られる山田の自伝的青春小説である。しかし、いかにも企業勤めをしながら小説を書いた人らしく、健全すぎて何もなく凡庸であって困ってしまう。