Author Description

This touching allegorical novel about a man who is almost destroyed by his lust for money and the accumulation of wealth is a masterful depiction of the new moral reality facing post-war Japan.Author Jiro Osaragi (a pen name) was born in 1898 and died in 1973. He was the author of numerous bestselling novels, travel books, and plays.Ivan Morris is a renowned writer, scholar of Japanese history and literature, and translator. His books include Nobility of Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan and translations of Yukio Mishima, Shohei Ooka, Sei Shonagon, and Lady Sarashina.