A Dark Night's Passing

A Dark Night's Passing (暗夜行路, An'ya Kōro) is the only full-length novel by Japanese writer Shiga Naoya. It was written in serialized form and published in Kaizō in between 1921 and 1937. The story follows the life of a wealthy, young Japanese writer in the early 1900s, who seeks to escape his unhappiness through marriage. It was translated into English by Edwin McClellan.

A Dark Night's Passing

A Dark Night's Passing (暗夜行路, An'ya Kōro) is the only full-length novel by Japanese writer Shiga Naoya. It was written in serialized form and published in Kaizō in between 1921 and 1937. The story follows the life of a wealthy, young Japanese writer in the early 1900s, who seeks to escape his unhappiness through marriage. It was translated into English by Edwin McClellan.