Tamiki Hara

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Produktbeschreibung

Tamiki Hara (1905-1951) is best known for his short story, "Summer Flowers" ("Natsu no Hana, 1947), a firsthand account of the horror of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Now considered a key work in atomic bomb literature, much of his fame rests on this work. However, despite his own suffering and straitened circumstances, he has a substantial body of post-defeat writing. This story focusses on the days and weeks before his wife's death and, though the author's despair is palpable in each word, so too can the reader sense the depth of his love and affection for his wife, and hers for him.

This short story was translated by Max Macfarlane, Daisuke Okuda, and Xinwen Cao--students in the 2023 Japanese-English class (JPNS3013) run by Mark Gibeau at the ANU. Cover art by Max Macfarlane.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: markgbo
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798215045183
• Artikelnr.: 69915788

Autorenporträt

Tamiki Hara (1901-1951) was a Japanese poet and writer, primarily of short stories. He is most widely known for his 1947 story, "Summer Flowers" (Natsu no Hana), which is based on his first hand experience of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Strangely, the stories published here manage to present despair and hope as complementary themes. The protagonist of the stories lives in a world where things will most certainly not 'turn out ok'. Everything is stacked against him. A devastating war, the overwhelming horror of an atomic bombing, the slow, grinding starvation and disease in post defeat Japan. At the same time, however, bright lights still manage to shine through the oppressive gloom of his stories. Recollections of his wife, of his elder sister, of his youth--before the world went mad.

Tamiki Hara's writings are an important reminder of the incalculable costs of war. In the lives that are needlessly destroyed, and in the destruction of all the potential those lives had to offer the world.