The wasteland /

The wasteland /

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Author / Creator:	Takahashi, Takako, author.
Uniform title:	Arano English
Imprint:	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University East Asia Program, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xxi, 211 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Cornell East Asia Series ; 200 Cornell East Asia series ; 200.
Subject:	Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships. Japan. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12027266

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Other authors / contributors:	Dean, Britten, translator.
ISBN:	9781939161109 (hardcover) 193916110X (hardcover) 9781939161000 (paperback) 1939161002 (paperback) 9781942242000 (ebook)
Notes:	"Arano (The Wasteland) was first published in 1980. The edition used for this translation was published by Kawade Shobō Shinsha, Tokyom 1984"--page xix. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"The Wasteland explores the psychology of the modern Japanese woman and her urge to realize an inner self of latent sexuality, long suppressed in Japan's male-dominated society. Nobe Michiko, the novel's narcissistic protagonist, leaves ruined lives in her wake as she pursues her lustful goals. The author, Takahashi Takako (1932 - 2013) earned bachelor's and master's degrees in French literature at prestigious Kyoto University, a remarkable achievement for a woman in the 1950s. There, she was influenced by the decadent poetry of Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) and the writings of novelist and Catholic apologist François Mauriac (1885-1970). Christianity and depravity characterize both The Wasteland and many of Takahashi's other works. The novel was first published in 1980 at a time of explosive Japanese economic growth which, in Takahashi's view, had created in Tokyo a wasteland of immorality and inhumanity. Yet it is a Christian novel, for the author was a devout Roman Catholic (indeed a one-time nun), and the title page epigraph from the Old Testament book of "Hosea" unmistakably mantles the narrative in a religious message--God is here to help if the wayward would but listen. But, do they listen?"--Publisher's website.

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