Author | Yuko Tsushima |
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Translator | Geraldine Harcourt |
Language | Japanese |
Genre | Literary fiction, autofiction, I-novel |
Publisher | Kodansha (Japanese) Penguin Classics (English) |
Publication date | June 29, 1978 (Japanese) October 30, 2018 (English) |
Publication place | Japan |
Awards | Women's Literature Prize |
ISBN | 978-4061976986 |
Preceded by | 歓びの島 (Island of Joy) |
Followed by | 氷原 (Ice Field) |
Child of Fortune (寵児, Chōji, lit. Favorite) is a 1978 novel by Yūko Tsushima.[1] In Japan, It won the Women's Literature Prize in the same year.[2] An English translation by Geraldine Harcourt was published in 2018 by Penguin Classics.[3]