Naoya Shiga
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Naoya Shiga Japanese pronunciation:, February 20, 1883 – October 21, 1971 was a Japanese writer active during the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan, whose work was distinguished by its lucid, straight
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A Dark Night's Passing
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A Dark Night's Passing is the only full-length novel by Japanese writer Naoya Shiga. It was published in serialised form in the magazine Kaizō between 1921 and 1937. The story follows the life of a we
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…saw the reconciliation with his father, which he thematised in his novella Reconciliation (Wakai, 1917). He followed with a series of short stories and A Dark Night's Passing (An'ya koro, 1921–1937); the latter, his only full length novel, was serialized in the socialist magazine Kaizō and is regarded as his major work. The…
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