This book is a prose autobiography written by Japanese cultural master Shuichi Kato, and consists of two parts. The first half describes the author's life from childhood to 1945 when Japan was defeated. The second half is from 1945 when Japan was defeated to the 1960s when the new Japan-US Security Treaty was signed. The two works are coherent and are not only excellent literary works that record the growth process of this "intellectual giant", but also a precious historical archive that records Japan's ill-fated fate for half a century. The author once wrote in the postscript that he wrote this book not just to reminisce about the past, but to record his experience as an "average Japanese".
本书是日本文化大家加藤周一撰写的散文体自传, 由两部分组成。前半部分描写了作者童年到日本战败的1945年之间的生涯。后半部分则是从1945年日本战败起, 写到60年代日美新安保条约缔结时期为止。两部作品具有前后连贯性, 不仅是记录这位“知识巨人”成长历程的优秀文学作品, 也是记录日本半个世纪多舛之命运的一份珍贵历史档案。作者在后记中曾写道, 撰写本书并不是仅仅为了回忆叙旧, 而是想记录下作为一个作为”平均水准的日本人”的经历。
本书是日本文化大家加藤周一撰写的散文体自传, 由两部分组成。前半部分描写了作者童年到日本战败的1945年之间的生涯。后半部分则是从1945年日本战败起, 写到60年代日美新安保条约缔结时期为止。两部作品具有前后连贯性, 不仅是记录这位“知识巨人”成长历程的优秀文学作品, 也是记录日本半个世纪多舛之命运的一份珍贵历史档案。作者在后记中曾写道, 撰写本书并不是仅仅为了回忆叙旧, 而是想记录下作为一个作为”平均水准的日本人”的经历。
