Toi Kino, Chikai Mukashi (Bunko Mo)

[Machine Translation] Why did Seiichi Morimura, a rare popular writer who has been at the forefront of the Japanese literary world for half a century, write and how did he live his life? His boyhood began with memories of the scorched earth, and the unforgettable women he met in his youth. The long period of disappointment after his debut, and his glamorous days as a popular writer. Encounters and partings with writers who became his allies. A master writer who lived through the Showa era and has been observing the Heisei era looks back on his own life. The long-awaited collection of his autobiography, which has been the talk of the town since it was first serialized in the Tokyo Shimbun.

半世紀に渡り日本の文壇の先頭を走る稀代の流行作家・森村誠一は、なぜ書き、いかにして生きてきたのか。焦土の記憶から始まった少年期、青年期に出会った忘れられない女性たち。デビュー後の長きに渡る不遇の時代、流行作家としての華やかな日々。盟友とも言える作家たちとの出会いと別れ。昭和を生き抜き、平成を見つめて来た巨匠が、自らの半生を振り返る。東京新聞連載当時から話題を呼んだ初の自伝、待望の文庫化。