The Crab Cannery Ship and Other Novels of Struggle

By Takiji Kobayashi

Book Overview

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 fulfillments 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824837428
• ISBN13: 9780824837426
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"