Kani Kōsen
1929 short story by Takiji Kobayashi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kani Kōsen (蟹工船, "The Crab Cannery Ship") is a 1929 short story by Japanese author Takiji Kobayashi[1] which was first serialized in the May and June 1929 issues of the communist literary magazine Senki[2] In September of the same year, it was released as a standalone book by Senki Company.[3] The book was banned by government censors,[4] but not before selling 15,000 copies.[4] The short story has been released in English as The Cannery Boat (1933), The Factory Ship (1973), and The Crab Cannery Ship (2013).
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Author | Takiji Kobayashi |
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Original title | 蟹工船 |
Country | Empire of Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Genre | Proletarian literature |
Publisher | Senki |
Publication date | 1929 |
Published in English | 1933 |
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