The postwar Japanese strived, unsteadily as if about to fall, to live everyday lives and to restore Japan, while suffering from the survivor's guilt. The early postwar novels of Hayashi Fumiko. Three novels of Hayashi Fumiko translated here are related to the early postwar period in Japan. Late Chrysanthemum - Ban'Giku -Late Chrysanthemum- is an ex-geisha's one night story after the war. The main character Kin had a strong will to survive. An ex-geisha had a visitor, who was her ex-lover sometime in the prewar years and desperately needed money. He intrigued to get money from his ex., even by...

BASKING IN THE SUNSHINE Fuko died suddenly. The geopolitical and historical background of Japan was seen off and on behind the incident. Readers will read the novel while plucking the particles suggestive of the crime hidden underneath. Lay a fictional image over the nonfictional image of the real world so that both are seen at the same time, and readers will find out where the problem to solve is. Akino predicted the cause of Fuko's death, but the evidence was missing. Akino and Yse needed the evidence to protect the next possible victim, Natsuko, and so, they began to look into the roots of...