Shoshaman :
Arai, Shinya, 1937-
Shoshaman : a tale of corporate Japan / Arai Shinya ; translated by Chieko Mulhern. - Berkeley : University of California Press, �1991. - 1 online resource (xxv, 224 pages). - Voices from Asia ; 3 . - Voices from Asia ; 3. .
Translation of: Kigy�oka sarar�iman.
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. The Japanese Business Novel / PROLOGUE. The Intruder: April -- ONE. New York: March -- TWO. The Turning Point Fifteen Years Ago -- THREE. Black Hair: April -- FOUR. Lost Years: April -- Five. Between Entrepreneur and Salaryman: May -- SIX. Our People: Early June -- EPILOGUE. The Insubordinate Loyalist: Late June -- AFTERWORD -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mulhern, Chieko --
Acknowledging no god but the corporate good, the shoshamen—high-powered professionals within Japan's integrated trading companies—serve as the unrelenting cogs of an economic machine. Or do they?Shoshaman takes us inside the world of Japan Inc. to explore the daily lives of the people who inhabit it. Written by a senior executive in a major sogo shosha, this absorbing novel reveals, as no textbook can, the strategies required to win the race to the top. It also makes painfully clear the ethical and psychological choices that such a race demands. The cast of characters is as varied as the corporate world itself, from the devoted Ojima, who has been passed over by the company, to the spirited Masako, who strikes out on her own. The hero, Nakasato Michio, finds that the road to success is long and perilous, as he tries to satisfy his ambitions while remaining faithful to his values.First published as Kigyoka sarariman in 1986 and made into a prize-winning television miniseries in 1988, the book has been acclaimed in Japan for the verisimilitude of its characters and situations. It offers a clear understanding of what it is like—in human terms—to survive and perhaps succeed within the confines of the Japanese corporation.
9780520910515 0520910516 0585101450 9780585101453 1282355740 9781282355743 9780520071414 0520071417 9780520071421 0520071425
22573/cttt2v3n JSTOR
Japanese fiction.
FICTION--General.
Japanese fiction.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PL845.R246 / K5413 1991eb
895.6/35
Shoshaman : a tale of corporate Japan / Arai Shinya ; translated by Chieko Mulhern. - Berkeley : University of California Press, �1991. - 1 online resource (xxv, 224 pages). - Voices from Asia ; 3 . - Voices from Asia ; 3. .
Translation of: Kigy�oka sarar�iman.
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. The Japanese Business Novel / PROLOGUE. The Intruder: April -- ONE. New York: March -- TWO. The Turning Point Fifteen Years Ago -- THREE. Black Hair: April -- FOUR. Lost Years: April -- Five. Between Entrepreneur and Salaryman: May -- SIX. Our People: Early June -- EPILOGUE. The Insubordinate Loyalist: Late June -- AFTERWORD -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mulhern, Chieko --
Acknowledging no god but the corporate good, the shoshamen—high-powered professionals within Japan's integrated trading companies—serve as the unrelenting cogs of an economic machine. Or do they?Shoshaman takes us inside the world of Japan Inc. to explore the daily lives of the people who inhabit it. Written by a senior executive in a major sogo shosha, this absorbing novel reveals, as no textbook can, the strategies required to win the race to the top. It also makes painfully clear the ethical and psychological choices that such a race demands. The cast of characters is as varied as the corporate world itself, from the devoted Ojima, who has been passed over by the company, to the spirited Masako, who strikes out on her own. The hero, Nakasato Michio, finds that the road to success is long and perilous, as he tries to satisfy his ambitions while remaining faithful to his values.First published as Kigyoka sarariman in 1986 and made into a prize-winning television miniseries in 1988, the book has been acclaimed in Japan for the verisimilitude of its characters and situations. It offers a clear understanding of what it is like—in human terms—to survive and perhaps succeed within the confines of the Japanese corporation.
9780520910515 0520910516 0585101450 9780585101453 1282355740 9781282355743 9780520071414 0520071417 9780520071421 0520071425
22573/cttt2v3n JSTOR
Japanese fiction.
FICTION--General.
Japanese fiction.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PL845.R246 / K5413 1991eb
895.6/35