The Crab Cannery Ship by Kobayashi Takiji

The Crab Cannery Ship by Kobayashi Takiji

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The Crab Cannery Ship by Kobayashi Takiji

This collection introduces the work of Japan’s foremost Marxist writer, Kobayashi Takiji (1903–1933), to an English-speaking audience, providing access to a vibrant, dramatic, politically engaged side of Japanese literature that is seldom seen outside Japan. The volume presents a new translation of Takiji’s fiercely anticapitalist Kani kōsen—a classic that became a runaway bestseller in Japan in 2008, nearly eight decades after its 1929 publication. It also offers the first-ever translations of Yasuko and Life of a Party Member, two outstanding works that unforgettably explore both the costs and fulfilments of revolutionary activism for men and women. The book features a comprehensive introduction by Komori Yōichi, a prominent Takiji scholar and professor of Japanese literature at Tokyo University.
Željko Cipriš is associate professor of Asian studies and Japanese at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, USA.
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ISBN 13 9780824837426
ISBN 10 0824837428
Title The Crab Cannery Ship
Author Kobayashi Takiji
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
Year published 2013-01-30
Number of pages 328
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