"Ranting Chronicle"

Author: Hayashi Fumiko
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The Wanderer's Tale begins with the protagonist's life-sharing with her lover, Okano Gunichi, after graduating from a women's school. The ten-year diary serves as the basic blueprint for this novel. In reality, her lover quickly abandoned her. Amidst rapidly deteriorating and prolonged living hardships, "I" worked short-term jobs at a newspaper office, served as a housekeeper in the home of the writer Chikao Kojima, peddled goods in various places, worked as an office secretary at Hitachi Commercial Association, and experienced painful and humiliating incidents in small taverns. Additionally, "I" had new emotional relationships or experiences with boyfriends such as Tobe Wakana and Yoshizawa Yoshizai. However, the final outcome still ended in separation. Interestingly, the extraordinary hardships in both real life and emotional life did not lead "I" to succumb; instead, "I" resiliently faced reality according to her own life ideals until life and creation took a turn. In the dire situation where hunger and humiliation constantly threatened, "I",，“”.