Dancing Girl

I never really lived until I started living for myself! A milestone in modern Japanese literature, the pioneering work of romantic literature, and a history of spiritual change during the Enlightenment Period in modern Japan. A must-read masterpiece to understand Japanese literature! Ogai Ogai, a modern Japanese writer who is as famous as Natsume Soseki, is a Japanese writer that Lu Xun particularly loves, and has profoundly influenced literary masters such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Mishima Yukio and Dazai Osamu! This book carefully selects 8 masterpieces of Mori Ogai's short stories, including not only "Maihime", the debut novel that made Mori Ogai famous in one fell swoop, but also includes "Goose", "Takase Fune" and other works regarded as classics in Japan. This book is a classic translation by Japanese translator Gao Huiqin. It strives for excellence in wording and sentence construction, and truly restores Mori Ogai's language style. It also includes a translator's preface to provide an in-depth interpretation of Mori Ogai's creative career and understand the story behind "Maihime". Japanese young man Ohta fell in love with a dancing girl during his study tour in Germany. He longed for freedom and love, but did not have the courage to give up his originally smooth career. In his imprisoned life, Ota's self gradually awakens. How will he choose? In the history of human literature, "Maihime" by the representative Japanese writer Ogai Mori is full of self-establishment and exploration of the liberation of human nature. It can be called a history of spiritual change in modern Japan's Enlightenment period and is known as a milestone in modern Japanese literature.