The Broken Commandment by 島崎藤村 [Shimazaki Tōson], Kenneth Strong, Tōson Shimazaki

249 pages first pub 1905 (editions)

fiction reflective slow-paced
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Shimazaki's 1906 classic of modern Japanese literature portrays a young man born into the Burakumin outcaste class and his struggle against both social discrimination and his own hypocrisy.

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