Shimbashi Karasumori Kuchi Seishun Hen (Shogakukan Bunko Shi 2-9)

[Machine Translation] Twenty-three-year-old Sheena Makoto, who was living in a shared boarding house with her friends in downtown Koiwa, Tokyo, became an editor of a small trade newspaper after seeing a job advertisement in the newspaper by chance. At the company, which is housed in a ramshackle building at the far end of Shimbashi Nishiguchi Dori, Sheena meets a group of suspiciously unique characters and spends her time in a raging businessman's life of work, drinking, and gambling. Sheena also experiences a setback in love and a decisive encounter with a woman.... Following "The Fog Falls in the Town of Sadness," which depicted a bright, funny, and yet somewhat sad coming-of-age story, this masterpiece of autobiographical coming-of-age fiction is now back in print! The volume includes a special essay by Junichiro Nakagawa at the end of the book.

東京の下町・小岩で、友人たちと共同下宿生活を送っていた二十三歳のシーナマコトは、偶然見た新聞の求人広告がきっかけで、小さな業界新聞社の編集者になった。新橋西口通りのずっと先にあるオンボロビルに入る会社で、怪しく個性的な人物たちと出会い、仕事、酒、賭け事という怒涛のサラリーマン生活を過ごすシーナ。そして、恋の挫折も経験し訪れた、ひとりの女性との決定的な出会い...。明るくおかしくて、でも少しかなしい青春を描いた『哀愁の町に霧が降るのだ』に続く自伝的青春小説の傑作が復刊!巻末には中川淳一郎氏による特別寄稿エッセイを収録。