Kurenai - Kurenai

A full-length novel by Sata Ineko. It was serialized in the January to May issues of Fujin Koron in 1936 (Showa 11). The final part, titled "Late Summer," appeared in the August 1968 issue of Chuokoron. It was published by Chuokoron-Shinsha in the same year. The work is based on the author's experiences around 1935, when the decline of the left-wing movement became evident. The protagonist is a writer striving for true independence, but is unable to resist the outdated, existing attitudes of those around her as a wife and mother, and is embroiled in a bitter conflict with her husband, a critic of proletarian literature as well. In particular, after her husband's affair with another woman is revealed, her anguish deepens as she is shaken by her own feelings for a woman, as is vividly depicted.

[Noriko Oka]

"Kurenai" (Shincho Bunko)

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佐多稲子(さたいねこ)の長編小説。1936年（昭和11）『婦人公論』1～5月号に連載。最終部は「晩夏」と題して『中央公論』38年8月号に掲載。同年中央公論社刊。左翼運動の衰退が顕著になる昭和10年前後の著者の体験に基づいて書かれた作品。真の自立を目ざす作家である主人公が、妻、母として直面する周囲の既存の古い意識に抗しきれず、同じプロレタリア文学の批評家である夫と泥沼の葛藤(かっとう)を繰り広げる。とくに、夫の女性関係が露見してからは、自身の女の感情に揺さぶられて、その苦悩を深める姿が鮮やかに描かれている。

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