Nippon Bungaku Zenshu 17

[Machine Translation] Based on "Dragonfly Diary," Tatsuo Hori's "Kagero no Nikki" and "Hotogisu" depict the delicate inner world of a woman's mind in a beautiful and supple style. Takehiko Fukunaga's "The Abyss," a monologue alternating between a man who is an arsonist and a devout Catholic woman; "The End of the World," which describes the stream of consciousness of a woman standing on the border between sanity and madness; and "Abandoned City," a tragic event in an old canal town. The End of the World" tells the story of a woman's stream of consciousness on the borderline between sanity and madness, and "Abandoned City" depicts a tragic event that takes place in an old canal town. Un no Yukirai" by Shinichiro Nakamura depicts people who transcend time, gender, and country to share a common spiritual mold. The wealth of French literature has been transformed into the universality of Japanese literature in this gem of a collection of works.

「蜻蛉日記」を元に、美しくしなやかな文体で女性の繊細な心の内面を描いた堀辰雄「かげろうの日記」と「ほととぎす」。放火殺人犯の男と敬虔なカトリックの女性が交互に独白する福永武彦「深淵」、正気と狂気の境に立つ女性の意識の流れが綴られる「世界の終り」、古い運河の町で起こった悲劇的な出来事を描く「廃市」。江戸時代の元政上人の生涯と作品を辿りながら、若い国際女優とその父を巡る旅をすることになった「私」...。時代や性、国を超えて、精神の型を共にする人々を描いた中村真一郎「雲のゆき来」。フランス文学の富が日本文学の普遍へと結実する珠玉の作品群。