The Waiting Years

The Waiting Years
AuthorFumiko Enchi
Original title女坂
Publication date
1957
AwardsNoma Prize

The Waiting Years (originally published under the title 女坂 Onnazaka) is a novel by Fumiko Enchi, set within the milieu of an upper-class Japanese family in the last years of the 19th century. It was first published in 1957 and won the Noma Prize.[1][2][3][4] An English translation, by John Bester, has been published by Kodansha. The novel is primarily set in the district of Asakusa and Fukushima Prefecture.

References

  1. ^ "Fumiko Enchi 円地文子". J'Lit. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ^ Chieko Irie Mulhern (1994). Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 44. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ^ Scott J. Miller (2010). The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater. Scarecrow Press. p. 21. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. ^ Rebecca L. Copeland; Chiyo Uno (1992). The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo. University of Hawaii Press. p. 66. Retrieved 5 April 2016.


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