天才になりそこなつた男の話

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by 坂口安吾

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[DeepL Translation - needs review] Essay by Ango Sakaguchi, a leading writer of the "Muyori-ha" school active in the early Showa period. It first appeared in the "Toyo Daigaku Shinbun" (Toyo University Newspaper) [1935 (Showa 10)]. It describes an anecdote about Shuzo Hishiyama, a poet of the same period with whom he had a close friendship. When Ango was in an automobile accident, Hishiyama congratulated him, saying, "Ancient geniuses (sic) do without exception such things as smashing their ...

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catsays

December 2, 2024

I had to read this twice to really appreciate it. It has old kanji and old kana, and it's not written in a straight forward manner. There were also a handful of references I had to look up. That said, on my second read I enjoyed it a lot and found the story intriguing. There actually are cases of late life brain injury leading to unexpected brilliance (some savants, actually) so he wasn't totally off base with his expectations!

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