Yonen Ga

[Machine Translation] This is a collection of beautiful and sad short stories by the author of "Summer Flowers," a novel highly praised by Shusaku Endo, in which he reminisces about his childhood in Hiroshima before the atomic bombing. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, we introduce the literature of Tamiki Hara (1905 - 1951), a poet and novelist from Hiroshima. Hara Tamiki was active in such magazines as "Sanda Bungaku" (Sanda Literature) and is known for his masterpieces depicting the devastation of Hiroshima immediately after the atomic bombing. This is the first book-length edition of "Childhood Pictures," a series of short stories compiled by the writer himself before he took his own life after the war. With commentary by essayist Miho Tanaka, owner of Mushi Bunko, the antiquarian bookstore, this volume sheds new light on Hara Tamiki's little-known early works.

遠藤周作が絶賛した小説「夏の花」の作家が、原爆投下以前の広島の幼年時代を追憶する美しく切ない短編小説集―。広島・被爆70年という歴史の節目に、同地出身の詩人・小説家、原民喜(1905～1951)の文学を紹介。「三田文学」等で活躍し、原爆投下直後の広島の惨状を描いた名作で知られる作家・原民喜。戦後、自ら命を絶つ前に作家自身によって編まれた短編小説の連作「幼年画」をはじめて単行本化。古書・蟲文庫の店主でエッセイストの田中美穂の解説を付し、原民喜の知られざる初期作品に新しい光をあてる。