Obsessed with love - Tired of love

...His works include "The Disaster of the San Pedro" (1931) about a shipwreck and sailors, "The Last Adam" (1933) about doctors, "The Brothers" (1936) about the church, "The Just and the Unjust" (1942) about the world of law, and "The Honor Guard" (1948), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, about the military and racial discrimination at a southern air base during World War II. In 1957, he published "Besotted with Love," which drew mixed reviews for its conservative yet precise depiction of love, and became a best-seller, a rarity for him. [Ohashi Yoshinosuke]...

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…《サン･ペドロ号の遭難》(1931)では海難事故と船員，《最後のアダム》(1933)では医師，《同胞》(1936)では教会，《正しき者と不正なる者》(1942)では法律の世界，ピュリッツァー賞を得た《儀仗兵》(1948)では第2次大戦中の南部の空軍基地を背景に軍隊組織と人種差別の問題，を描いた。その後，1957年には《愛に憑かれて》を発表，保守的ながら精密な愛欲描写が賛否両論をよび，彼の作品としては珍しくベストセラーになった。【大橋 吉之輔】。…

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