白い巨塔（一～五） 合本版

白い巨塔

by Toyoko Yamasaki

国立大学の医学部第一外科助教授・財前五郎。華麗なるメスさばきでマスコミでも脚光を浴びる彼は、当然、次期教授に納まるものと自他ともに認めていた。しかし現教授の東は、財前の傲慢な性格を嫌悪し、他大学からの招聘を画策。産婦人科医院を営み医師会の役員でもある岳父の財力とOB会の後押しを受けた財前は、あらゆる術策をもって熾烈な教授選に勝ち抜こうとするが…。教授選挙に絡む利権をめぐり蠢く人間模様を描いた医療サスペンスの傑作！　※当電子版は『白い巨塔』（一）～（五）の全五巻をまとめた合本版です。

1748 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2015

About the author

Toyoko Yamasaki (山崎 豊子, real name Sugimoto Toyoko; 3 November 1924 – 29 September 2013) was a Japanese novelist.

A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, Noren (1957), a story of a kelp trader, based on the experiences of her family's business. The following year, she won the Naoki Prize for her second novel Hana Noren, the story about the founder of an entertainment group. A major influence on her writings of that period was Yasushi Inoue, who was deputy head of the Mainichi Shimbun's cultural news desk.

Yamasaki wrote some stories based on actual events. For example, Futatsu no Sokoku is derived from the biography of a Japanese American David Akira Itami, and Shizumanu Taiyō is based on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident. Several works of hers were featured in films and television dramas.