Bed. Short story and short prose

The first Ukrainian translation of one of the brightest representatives of the ego-fiction genre, a classic of Japanese literature by Tayama Katai

The collection opens with the once scandalous novel "The Bed" about the love of a teacher for a young student. In it, for the first time, a Japanese writer allowed himself a description of sexual experiences and the most intimate aspects of the inner world of a character who is practically identical to the author himself.

Eight stories and essays by Tayama Katai, also included in the collection, testify to the versatility of his talent, genre searches, interest in characters atypical for traditional Japanese literature, and constant attention to psychology. Growing out of traditional Japanese literature and European realism and naturalism, Tayama Katai's work has become an original and unique literary phenomenon. What the Ukrainian reader now has the opportunity to see for himself.