From Another Point Of View, A New

As I Grew Up, I Was Continually To Suffer Hardships In Different Realms Of Life - In My Family, In My Relationship To Japanese Society And In My Way Of Living At Large In The Latter Half Of The Twentieth Century.

The Way Japan Had Tried To Build Up A Modern State Modelled On The West Was Cataclysmic.

Understanding Comes Hard To Persons Of High Rank Who Are Accustomed To Phony Lifestyles That Involve No Daily Work.

I Am One Of The Writers Who Wish To Create Serious Works Of Literature Which Dissociate Themselves From Those Novels Which Are Mere Reflections Of The Vast Consumer Cultures Of Tokyo And The Subcultures Of The World At Large.

By Reading Huckleberry Finn I Felt I Was Able To Justify My Act Of Going Into The Mountain Forest At Night And Sleeping Among The Trees With A Sense Of Security Which I Could Never Find Indoors.