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The Waiting Years (originally published under the title Onnazaka) is a novel by Fumiko Enchi, set within the milieu of an upper class Japanese family in the last years of the 19th century. It was first published in 1957 and won the Noma Prize. An English translation, by John Bester, has been pubished by Kodansha.
It is set in the district of Asakusa near the Sumida River
Characters
- Kusumi Kin - mother
- Toshi - her disabled daughter
- Tomo Shirakawa - rich woman whose husband is a high ranking official
- Etsuko - her 9 year old daughter