Rebellion of youth

Author: [Japanese] Morimura Seiichi
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Young Jiro, like a lonely, terrified, and agile small snake, drifts from the fringes of society to its center. With his youth, intelligence, and ambition, he effortlessly achieves what he desires. Yet, he is never satisfied, as the novel depicts: like a starving wolf in the wilderness, his green eyes never stop searching. Jiro was abandoned by his birth mother at birth and lost his adoptive parents by the age of eighteen. He dropped out of school halfway and ventured alone into Tokyo, but Tokyo opened its black maw and devoured his beloved—money. Destitute, Jiro is enraged and seeks revenge, his target being the powerful society. Jiro experiences love with two women, and. In his pursuit of money, status, and desire, he pays a heavy price.