Marshland.
Translated by Albert Novick.
Dallas, Texas: Dalkey Archive Press / Deep Vellum Publishing, 2024.
Originally published: 湿原, Shitsugen, Asahi Shimbun, 1985.
Book Information : Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com; GoodReads.com.
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Author Information :
- Otohiko Kaga (1929–2023), Wikipedia English.
- 加賀乙彦 (1929–2023), Wikipedia Japan.
- Search for works by Otohiko Kaga, Internet Archive.
- Otohiko Kaga, GoodReads.com.
- Otohiko Kaga. Riding the East Wind [錨のない船, Ikari no nai fune, 1982]. Translated by Ian Hideo Levy. Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1999.
[Internet Archive; Amazon.com; GoodReads.com.]
(This abridged translation of the original is the only other work by Kaga that has been translated into English so far.) - Japanese literature: Postwar literature (1945–onwards), Wikipedia English.
- 日本の近現代文学史 [History of modern Japanese literature], Wikipedia Japan.
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Translator Information :
- Albert Novick, LinkedIn.
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Wikipedia Articles :
- Postwar Japan.
- 連合国軍占領期後の日本 [Japan after the Allied Occupation]. ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Nemuro, Hokkaido [根室市].
(Hometown of the character Atsuo Yukimori in Marshland.) - Kotohira Shrine, 金刀比羅神社, Nemuro.
Google Maps coordinates. Clicking on the map link for Kotohira Shrine will open a panel on your screen from which you can see photos of the shrine and the area of Nemuro around the shrine. - 北海道空襲 [Hokkaido air raids], 14-15 July 1945.
- 風蓮湖 [Lake Furen], surrounded by the wetlands referred to in Marshland.
- 羅臼町 [Rausu Town, Hokkaido].
- 流氷なび [Drift Ice Navigation], @ryuhyonavi, X (Twitter).
(Drift Ice at Rausa was featured in a scene in Marshland. This X account has many photos of the scenery around Rausa.) - 世界自然遺産のまち『知床羅臼町』 [World Natural Heritage Town "Shiretoko Rausu Town"], @rausutown, X (Twitter).
- 北方地域 [Northern Territories], islands north east of Hokkaido claimed by Japan.
- 北方領土問題 [Northern Territories Issue], a territorial dispute between Japan and the Russian Federation . ~~~~~~~~~~~
- 1968–1969 Japanese university protests.
- 1968 in Japan: October 21: New Left [日本の新左翼] forces occupy Shinjuku Station for 国際反戦デー [International Anti-War Day].
- 1968年の日本 [Japan in 1968].
- Shinjuku riot [新宿騒乱], 21 October 1968.
- 1969 in Japan [1969年の日本].
- 東大安田講堂事件 [University of Tokyo Yasuda Auditorium Incident], 18-19 January 1969.
- National Foundation Day (Japan), 11 February.
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