Fumiko Hayashi
Floating Clouds
- ISBN 13:
- 9780231136297
- author:
- Fumiko Hayashi
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 328
- Dimensions:
- 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Classics, , Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Literature: Texts, Literature: Classics, Fiction, Classics, FICTION / Classics, Fiction / Historical, Historical - General, Fiction - Historical, General & Literary Fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Floating Clouds by Fumiko Hayashi is a powerful and affecting novel about tormented love and one woman's struggle to navigate postwar Japan. Set against the backdrop of Japanese colonialism and its aftermath, the story follows Yukiko as she moves from French Indochina to postwar Japan, grappling with her own damaged psyche and the harsh realities of the times. The novel presents a rare portrait of Japanese colonialism and the experiences of women in postwar Japan, drawing on the lives of characters from the urban underbelly. At its centre is the complex and troubled relationship between Yukiko and Tomioka, a minor official with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Their affair begins while Yukiko works as a typist for the Japanese ministry in Indochina, but their love remains fraught with tension after the war. First published in 1951, Floating Clouds is a significant work of modern Japanese literature that explores the human cost of conflict and social change.
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