Officially first published 欅の木, Keyaki no ki (1970) Dans ce roman écrit en 1970, Inoué traite de problèmes sociaux sur un mode humoristique. Monsieur Ushioda, PDG d'une grande entreprise, n'a plus que trois ans avant la retraite. Mais il souhaiterait pouvoir connaître le dimanche un peu de tranquillité. Hélas... Epouse, amis, il semble que le monde entier se ligue pour le déranger sous les prétextes les plus futiles et les plus contraignants.
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Yasushi Inoue (井上靖) was a Japanese writer whose range of genres included poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels. Inoue is famous for his serious historical fiction of ancient Japan and the Asian continent, including Wind and Waves, Tun-huang, and Confucius, but his work also included semi-autobiographical novels and short fiction of great humor, pathos, and wisdom like Shirobamba and Asunaro Monogatari, which depicted the setting of the author's own life—Japan of the early to mid twentieth century—in revealing perspective. 1936 Chiba Kameo Prize —- Ruten,流転 1950 Akutagawa Prize —- Tōgyu,闘牛 1957 Ministry of Education Prize for Literature —- The Roof Tile of Tempyo,天平の甍 1959 Mainichi Press Prize —- Tun-huang,敦煌 1963 Yomiuri Prize —- Fūtō,風濤 (from Wikipedia)
