The Cape
- 200 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Explosive stories of the little-known burakumin from one of Japan's great postwar literary masters.
Kenji Nakagami Books
August 2, 1946 – August 12, 1992
Kenji Nakagami is renowned as the first post-war Japanese writer to publicly identify as Burakumin, a member of one of Japan's long-outcast groups. His works intensely explore the life experiences of individuals striving to survive within a Burakumin community in western Japan. Nakagami was an active and controversial figure in the Japanese literary scene, with his writings sparking considerable debate. He was recognized as the first writer from the ghetto to reach the mainstream, aiming to convey the harsh realities of life at the rougher edge of Japan's economic miracle to a wider audience.
Irgendwo am Ende der Welt, in einem kleinen Ort in Japan leben die Tagediebe, die großen und kleinen Schurken, die Selbstmörder, die Verhurten und die Versoffenen, die die alte Hebamme O-Ryu noch alle gekannt hat. Wir können von Glück sagen, daß Nakagami Kenji die unglaublichen Geschichten von O-Ryu noch vor ihrem Tode hier festgehalten hat, denn sonst hätten wir von dieser archaischen Welt wohl nie erfahren.
