A shame in the lineage

Translation: Fadi Tufail Type of Literature: Japanese Literature Number of Pages: 329 pages Publisher: Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority Although it is the author's first novel, it has occupied a prominent place in Japanese literature after World War II, establishing Miura as one of the most famous contemporary Japanese novelists. The novel combines the specificity of autobiography, which the writer tries to distance himself from, with the cultural breadth that affected the taste of an entire generation of Japanese people after the war. The last point is reflected in the fact that its sales in Japan reached nearly one million copies after its publication. Each of the six chapters of this novel can be counted as a complete story. There is a clear tendency for Miura to compose a complete and detailed written picture in each chapter of his novel. With each new chapter, he seems to draw a picture from a specific perspective, which ultimately grants his multiple viewpoints different dimensions in his fictional world, sometimes surprising his readers.