The Wild Geese (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mori Rintarō
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1880
- Setting: Tokyo, Japan
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Polygamy or bigamy, Asia or Asians, Fathers, Youth, Birds, Japan or Japanese people, Students or student life, Tokyo
- Locales: Tokyo, Japan
Characters Discussed
Okada, a medical student at Tokyo University, a young man who lives a life of balance and order. He is a good but not outstanding student and a solid athlete who is a member of the rowing team (an outlet for his inclination toward the martial arts). He appears to do nothing with passion; he is remarkably free from obsession. In his free time, he takes long walks, and he often visits the local bookstores, where he searches for the Chinese romance novels that are the only books he reads for pleasure. His view of Otama, whom he encounters on one of his walks,...
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