《God is Hard》 - God is Hard

...In 1957, the brothers began publishing science fiction novels in collaboration. Their creative endeavors were aimed at "creating models for understanding the modern world," and in their novels such as "It's Hard on God" (1964) and "The Inhabited Island" (1972), they depicted humans coming into contact with societies on unknown planets. Their sharp social stance often led them to clash with the Soviet regime, and works such as "It's Time for the Snail to Climb" and "The Tale of the Troika" (both 1968) and "The Ugly Swan" (1972) were banned, but since 1987, the ban has been lifted. ...

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…1957年から兄弟合作の形でSF小説を発表し始めた。彼らの創作活動は〈現代を把握するためのモデルづくり〉であり，《神様はつらい》(1964)や《有人島》(1972)などの長編では未知の星の社会と接触を持つ人間の姿が描かれている。彼らのこういった鋭い社会的姿勢は，しばしばソビエト体制と衝突し，《そろそろ登れ蝸牛（かたつむり）》《トロイカ物語》(以上1968)，《醜い白鳥》(1972)などは発禁になっていたが，87年以降，解禁が進められている。…

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