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Gan

Gan

Ogai, Mori

Paperback

Fiction Anthologies

Publisher Price: $11.95

ISBN10: 1935548468
ISBN13: 9781935548461
Publisher: One Peace Books
Published: Apr 15 2014
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.20
Language: English
Gan (geese) evokes Meiji-era Tokyo: its alleyways, rivers, mansions, poverty, and occasionally tense class interactions. Okada, a student at the most prestigious university in Japan becomes entangled in the romance of a disenfranchised woman and an ethically suspect merchant. At a time of rapid social change, Mori examines the social and economic pressures that continue to bind it's characters, who yearn for freedom. Circumstance, rigid social structure, and the familial and financial obligations drive the characters forward to Gan's powerful ending. Notable for it's deep exploration of character motivation, as well as its wonderfully elaborate female characters, Gan is an exceptional example of early 20th century Japanese Literature. It looks on a changing world, explores its faults and glimmers of hope, and lingers for a moment, bittersweet, at the thought of it's passing.

A bittersweet tale of unrequited love and social constraint in Meiji-era Tokyo.

In Mori Ogai's Gan, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Tokyo, Okada, a university student, finds himself drawn into the orbit of a woman trapped by circumstance and societal expectations. As their paths cross, they navigate the rigid social structures and economic pressures that define their lives.

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