Rough Living

by Shūsei Tokuda

Book Overview

Humorous and poignant, Rough Living (Arakure) follows the fortunes of an ambitious young seamstress, Oshima, as she strives to survive and prosper in Meiji Japan. Written in 1915 by Tokuda Shusei (1872-1943), the great chronicler of Japan's working class, Rough Living explores the social transformations the country underwent in the early twentieth century from the perspective of a young woman who personifies the hungry, entrepreneurial spirit of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824823877
• ISBN13: 9780824823870
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"