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Dark Pictures and Other Stories (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, 30)

Kurai-e 暗い絵

Penned By Noma Hiroshi
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Dark Pictures and Other Stories (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, 30)

Kurai-e 暗い絵

Penned By Noma Hiroshi
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The short stories that Noma Hiroshi produced in the years of confusion and self-questioning after World War II struck a deep response in his readers.In the three stories contained here—"Dark Pictures," "A Feeling of Disintegration," and "A Red Moon in Her Face"—the main characters are all young men who have lived through the war but have emerged far from unscathed. The "dark pictures" of the title refer to paintings and engravings by Brueghel, which the protagonist and his friends had viewed together. The miseries depicted in Brueghel's work seem in retrospect to encapsulate all the miseries the main character has suffered since seeing his friends: persecution, self-doubt, sexual anxiety, warfare, imprisonment, bombardment, and the miseries of life in Japan after the defeat.The other two stories are set in the postwar world of black marketeers and bombsites, but they too concern young men whose universal anxieties about sexual desires and their place in the world are overshadowed by memories of the brutality of war.About the Translator:James Raeside, the translator, is an Associate Professor at Keio University in Japan. He has written on Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, and Dazai Osamu in addition to Noma Hiroshi.

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Length 177 Pages
Imprint University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies
Released 1946
Identifier (ISBN) 1128118
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Noma Hiroshi is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Noma Hiroshi enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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