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Even the sadistic misogyny of Buddha and Christ was nothing but an attempt to gain the better of a vastly superior opponent.

Fumiko Enchi

Happiness—a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness—surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and a modest harmony: let a man cry out, let him rage, let him howl with grief with all the power of which he was capable, what more than these could he ever hope to gain in this life?

Fumiko Enchi

Fumiko Enchi

Fumiko Enchi

Born: October 2, 1905

Died: November 12, 1986 (aged 81)

Bio: Fumiko Enchi was the pen-name of Fumiko Ueda, one of the most prominent Japanese women writers in the Shōwa period of Japan.

Known for:

The Waiting Years (1957)
Masks
A tale of false fortunes

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