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谷間の生霊たち (1975年)

Dazai Osamu Award

谷間の生霊たち (1975年)

Sachiko Asami

This collection of stories is set in an institution for children with disabilities and portrays the conflicts faced by those around a child with profound disabilities. Through questions about the value of life and euthanasia, the title story examines relationships between those who give care and those who receive it.

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Work Information

Faced with the weight of life itself, the doubts and questions of those connected to the institution intersect.

A story collection headed by the work that won the 10th Dazai Osamu Prize. It includes the title story, set in an institution for children with disabilities, as well as "Maria" and "The Season of Mourning," and asks what is at stake when society attempts to measure another person's life through the difficult choices of its characters.

Review Summaries

  • The work is being revisited for the urgent question it asks about how society receives the lives of people with disabilities. Its perspective on the selection of lives and social judgments of value leaves a strong impression.

Book Information

Pages
231 pages
Price
4881 JPY
Category
本/古書/文学/日本文学

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