Bullfight

Resumen del libro

First English translation of an amazing debut novella by a major and incredibly prolific Japanese authorTsugami, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in war-scarred Osaka, agrees to sponsor a bullfight. For months this great gamble consumes him, makes him as wary and combative as if he was in a ring himself. And, as he becomes ever more distant, his lover Sakiko is unsure if she would like to see him succeed or be destroyed.Yasushi Inoue's novella won him the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and established him as one of Japan's most acclaimed authors.

From the planning of a bullfight-through Tsugami's struggle, his focus and his aloneness-he crafts something intensely memorable, a compelling existential tale.Born in 1907, Yasushi Inoue worked as a journalist and literary editor for many years, only beginning his prolific career as an author in 1949 with Bullfight. He went on to publish 50 novels and 150 short stories, both historical and contemporary, his work making him one of Japan's major literary figures. In 1976 Inoue was presented with the Order of Culture, the highest honour granted for artistic merit in Japan.

He died in 1991.

Biografía del autor

(Hokkaido, 1907 - Tokio, 1991) estudió Estética y Filosofía en la Universidad Imperial de Kioto y realizó una tesis doctoral sobre la obra poética de Paul Valéry. Trabajó como periodista y crítico de arte. Candidato al Premio Nobel de Literatura, fue miembro de la Academia de las Artes de Japón y editor literario de The Mainichi. Su obra La escopeta de caza (Anagrama, 1988) recibió el Premio Akutagawa, el galardón más prestigioso de las letras japonesas. En Sexto Piso publicamos Furinkazan. La epopeya del clan Takeda en 2014 y Luna llena y otros cuentos en 2016.