A Man with No Talents
Author | : Shirō Ōyama |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : 080144375X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780801443756 |
Rating | : 4/5 (756 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Man with No Talents written by Shirō Ōyama and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "San'ya," Tokyo's largest day-laborer quarter and the only one with lodgings, had been Oyama Shiro's home for 12 years when he took up his pen and began writing about his life as a resident of Tokyo's most notorious neighborhood. In this fascinating book, he portrays himself as an outsider both from mainstream society and from his adopted home.