Fumiko Hayashi (林 芙美子), December 31, 1903 or 1904 (Japanese sources disagree on the birth year) - June 28, 1951) was a Japanese novelist and poet. When Hayashi was seven, her mother ran away with a manager of her common-law husband's store, and afterwards the three worked in Kyūshū as itinerant merchants. After graduating from high school in 1922, Hayashi moved to Tokyo with a lover and lived with several men until settling into marriage with the painter Rokubin Tezuka in 1926. Many of...
I Saw a Pale Horse & Selections from Diary of a Vagabond
I Saw a Pale Horse & Selections from Diary of a Vagabond
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This collection presents two powerful works by Fumiko Hayashi. 'I Saw a Pale Horse' is a poignant memoir reflecting on her childhood and the struggles of her family. 'Selections from Diary of a Vagabond' offers a raw and intimate look into the life of a young woman navigating poverty and societal challenges in early 20th-century Japan.
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I Saw a Pale Horse & Selections from Diary of a Vagabond (Cornell East Asia, No. 86) (Cornell East Asia Series Vol 86)Paperback, June
158 pages
Cornell University East Asia ProgramLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97818854458652 editions available
