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About This Novel
"Brother" describes a straightforward, reckless but simple, kind-hearted young man with a sense of justice. After his parents died and he graduated from school, he left Tokyo to teach in a school elsewhere. As soon as he entered society, he fell into people's intrigues and plots against each other. He fought hard but fell into traps one after another. He felt strange and lonely. In the end, he beat his enemies severely, got angry, and returned to Tokyo to make a living. The novel exposes and criticizes the evil forces in society and profit-seeking interpersonal relationships. The language is humorous, bright and simple, and contains the beneficial elements of "rakugo" (a folk art similar to cross talk) in popular literature. It is funny and interesting. More importantly, it expresses the typical character of the cheerful "Edo child" and adds a permanent and lovely image to the history of Japanese literature. Through the various dramatic conflicts between his brother and the common people around him after he entered society, the author pungently and skillfully satirized the ugly phenomena in society, lashed out at despicability, power and hypocrisy, and praised justice, straightforwardness and innocence.
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