Childhood
幼年時代
Yōnen Jidai
Author: Murō Saisei
#Japanese Classic#Taisho#Childhood#Coming Of Age#Kanazawa
- Original language
- Japanese
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This autobiographical short story recalls the boyhood of a child given up for adoption soon after birth and raised in a temple in Kanazawa. Against the vivid natural backdrop of his northern hometown, the narrator revisits his longing for a distant birth mother, the warmth of his adoptive mother and gentle elder sister, and his bitter conflicts with a temple teacher. Muro Saisei, celebrated first as a poet, here recovers a lost childhood through prose of great tenderness and precision. Luminous, wounded, and deeply lyrical, it marks his emergence as a major writer of fiction.
About the author
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Murō Saisei
1889 – 1962 · Japan
Poet and novelist from Kanazawa. Began as a lyric poet; later wrote introspective novels including "Yōnen Jidai" and "Anzukko".
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| Territory | Language | Format | Status |
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| WW | en | translation | available |