Eight Views of Tokyo (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Shūji Tsushima
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1930-1940
- Setting: Tokyo
- Principal Characters: A writer, H, Mr. S, T
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Suicide, Authors or writers, Art or artists, Geishas
- Locales: Tokyo, Japan
The Story
It is July 3, 1940. The author has stopped at a small impoverished village on the Izu Peninsula looking for an inexpensive place to stay and write. For ten days he recalls the sordid events of the last decade, writing about a life of poverty and debauchery as a young student in Tokyo. He had moved many times to keep ahead of the law and creditors—hence the “eight views,” although he actually records more than eight impressions of his past.
His writing retreat gets off to a bad start. The inn is shabby, and the maid insists on a deposit when she learns...
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