Ningen Metsubo No Uta (P+D)

[Machine Translation] This is a collection of essays by the author, who made a sensational debut as a writer in 1956 with his first novel "Narayama Bushi Ko," in which he wrote about his thoughts from time to time from a perspective that was out of step with the common wisdom of the world. The author lived his life with simplicity and clarity, a way of life that may seem simple but is in fact extremely difficult to achieve. (The collection includes 28 self-selected essays, including "Memoirs of a Wandering Life" and "I Think Anyone Who Has Two Children Is a Bad Person.

1956年、処女作『楢山節考』でセンセーショナルな作家デビューを果たした著者が、世間の常識とは一線を画した視点で、折々の思いを綴ったエッセイ集。単純明瞭に自らの生を生きる―簡単そうで実は至難きわまりない生き方を貫き、その結晶とも言える作品は当時の文壇にも、三島由紀夫はじめ多くの関係者に多大な衝撃を与えた。「流浪の手記」「子供を二人も持つ奴は悪い奴だと思う」など自選の全28編を収録。