A Dark Night's Passing
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A Dark Night's Passing (暗夜行路 An'ya Kōro) is the only full-length novel by Japan
ese writer Shiga Naoya
. It was written in serialized form and published in Kaizo in between 1921 and 1937. It candidly follows the experiences of a young Japanese bachelor.
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese writer Shiga Naoya
Shiga Naoya
was a Japanese novelist and short story writer active during the Taishō and Showa periods of Japan.-Early life:Shiga was born in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi prefecture. His father, the son of a samurai, was a banker. The family moved to Tokyo when Shiga was three, to live with his grandparents, who...
. It was written in serialized form and published in Kaizo in between 1921 and 1937. It candidly follows the experiences of a young Japanese bachelor.
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Release details
- 1921, Japan, ? (ISBN NA), Pub date ? ? 1921, hardback (First edition, Japanese)
- 1990, UK, Fontana Press (ISBN 0-00-617790-5), Pub date ? May 1990, paperback (Eng. trans.)
- 1993, Europe, Kodansha Europe (ISBN 0-87011-362-3), Pub date 1 December 1993, paperback
- 1994, Europe, Kodansha Europe (ISBN 4-7700-0691-8), Pub date ? March 1994, paperback