The labyrinth / / by Nogami Yaeko ; translated by Maya and Anthony Mortimer.

• Author: Nogami, Yaeko, 1885-1985.
• TeilnehmendeR: Mortimer, Maya.; Mortimer, Anthony Robert.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Global Oriental,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (647 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Nogami Yaeko's novel The Labyrinth deals with the doubts and dilemmas of leftwing intellectuals before and during World War II. Rich in social detail and profound in its psychology, it follows the political and sentimental evolution of the protagonist Kanno Shōzō from a humiliating recantation of his socialist creed to a problematic participation in Japan's war against China. Nogami Yaeko (1885-1985) was Japan's longest-lived woman writer and has an assured place in the history of Japanese fiction. Winner of the prestigious Nomiuri prize, The Labyrinth was immediately recognized as a major critical contribution to the understanding of Japanese political and intellectual history.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Open Day -- Tatsue -- The Scent of the Tide -- Little Face -- Karuizawa -- Black Stream -- Bear’s Paws and Claws -- Dark Clouds -- Ejima Munemichi -- Home -- Uncle -- Blue Dreams -- The Straits -- The Bridge -- Autumn -- Folding-Screens and Cultural Missions -- Summer Clouds -- Oda’s Death -- Disclosures -- Bats -- Mariko -- Love -- History -- The Cliff -- Halfway Up the Slope -- The Crash -- A Stopover -- Shingo’s Diary -- Red Letter -- The Foraging Expedition -- The Tower on the Hill -- A Visitor -- Pendulum -- Flight -- Noah’s Ark.