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Futabatei Shimei: A Life and Recollections
二葉亭四迷の生涯と追憶
Uchida Roan · 1909–1925 · translated by Valentin Sarić
Futabatei Shimei wrote Ukigumo, the first modern Japanese novel, translated Turgenev into a new spoken style, and died at sea on the way home from Russia. Uchida Roan, his friend and editor, drew four portraits: a full biography, a set of anecdotal recollections, a supplement, and an essay on why Futabatei said he was no man of letters.
A New English Translation by Valentin Sarić. AI-assisted translation.
157pages
1909–1925first published
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