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. It candidly follows the experiences of a young Japanese bachelor who gets married as the story develops.
Its English version is translated by Edwin McClellan and published by Kodansha America.
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