Childhood Years: A Memoir
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is a book written by the Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki
. It uses an informal essay style to look back on his early life in Tokyo. It was originally published in serial form in the literary magazine Bungeishunjū
between April 1955 and March 1956.
Junichiro Tanizaki
was a Japanese author, one of the major writers of modern Japanese literature, and perhaps the most popular Japanese novelist after Natsume Sōseki. Some of his works present a rather shocking world of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions; others, less sensational, subtly portray the dynamics...
. It uses an informal essay style to look back on his early life in Tokyo. It was originally published in serial form in the literary magazine Bungeishunjū
Bungeishunju
, established in 1923, is a Japanese publishing company known for its leading monthly magazine Bungeishunjū. It also grants the annual Akutagawa Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan, as well as the annual Naoki Prize for popular novelists. It also grants the annual...
between April 1955 and March 1956.