Junichi Saga
Forfatter af Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld
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Dr. Junichi Saga is a medical doctor with a general practice in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Lake Kasumigaura. He began taping his elderly patients' reminiscences about thirty years ago when he realized what a wealth of detail and information they contained. He has published numerous works of vis mere local history and ecology Juliet Winters Carpenter is a professor of English literature at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts and one of the foremost translators of Japanese literature working today vis mindre
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Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld af Junichi Saga
Engaging and interesting potted biography of a Yakuza boss in the first half of the 20th century.
Wonderful wonderful wonderful! It's basically an oral history project, transcribed and with the interviewer's questions removed so that it creates a seamless memory. As a budding oral historian I would have loved to see the questions that prompted the given responses, but oh well. There are also lovely little line drawings in the margins, done by the author's father.
De ces enregistrements patiemment recueillis pendant dix-sept ans au cours de ses tournées, l'auteur, médecin de campagne, recrée pour nous la vie intime d'une petite ville japonaise d'avant-guerre. On entend dans ce livre le bruit des pas, des outils, des fêtes, les rires des enfants, les clochettes des enterrements, les sabots des chevaux, ou le grincement des roues des charrettes. Ici, ancienne geisha, ganster, bouchère, teinturier, fermier, servante, sage-femme, écolière, pêcheur, professeur viennent ingénument nous raconter leurs souvenirs. Dans ces chroniques, on entend des histoires de patience, de joies, de chagrins qui font peu à peu comprendre les mécanismes profonds qui rythment cette vie japonaise chargée de traditions et de culture.… (mere)
A fascinating look at the underworld of Japan from one man's perspective, one of the last traditional gang bosses. His story starts back a little before 1907 and it goes up through his final days, all as told to his doctor over a number of months. The story progressed a little slower and more relaxed than most things that I usually read, but the ride was enjoyable.
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