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漂流

Name: 漂流 (新潮文庫)
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ISBN: 9784101117089

Akira Yoshimura

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江戸・天明年間、シケに遭って黒潮に乗ってしまった男たちは、不気味な沈黙をたもつ絶海の火山島に漂着した。水も湧かず、生活の手段とてない無人の島で、仲間の男たちは次次と倒れて行ったが、土佐の船乗り長平はただひとり生き残って、12年に及ぶ苦闘の末、ついに生還する。その生存の秘密と、壮絶な生きざまを巨細に描いて圧倒的感動を呼ぶ、長編ドキュメンタリー小説。

528 pages, 文庫

First published January 1, 1976

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About the author

Prize winning Japanese writer. Akira Yoshimura was the president of the Japanese writers union and a PEN member. He published over 20 novels, of which in particular On Parole and Shipwrecks are internationally known and have been translated into several languages. In 1984 he received the Yomiuri Prize for his novel Hagoku (破獄,engl. prison break) based on the true story of Yoshie Shiratori.

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