Fumiko Hayashi

Diary of a Vagabond

Semi-autobiographical diary of a woman's life as a traveling worker in Japan

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Fumiko Hayashi
Fumiko Hayashi

Japanese novelist of the Taisho and Showa eras whose autobiographical Diary of a Vagabond captured the hardships of a woman artist living in poverty with startling candor and lyrical energy.

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