557 pages
Japanese language
Published March 25, 1972 by Kōdansha.
557 pages
Japanese language
Published March 25, 1972 by Kōdansha.
In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different style for each. The story concerns various members of a Southern family, once wealthy landowners but now struggling to maintain their reputation.