The Waiting Years

Author Fumiko Enchi
Original title Onnazaka
Publication date
 1957
Awards Noma Prize

The Waiting Years (originally published under the title Onnazaka) is a novel by Fumiko Enchi, set within the milieu of an upper class Japanese family in the last years of the 19th century. It was first published in 1957 and won the Noma Prize.[1][2][3][4] An English translation, by John Bester, has been published by Kodansha. The setting of the novel is in the district of Asakusa near the Sumida River.

References

  1. ↑ "Fumiko Enchi 円地文子". J'Lit. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Chieko Irie Mulhern (1994). Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 44. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Scott J. Miller (2010). The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater. Scarecrow Press. p. 21. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Rebecca L. Copeland; Chiyo Uno (1992). The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo. University of Hawaii Press. p. 66. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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