Child of Fortune (novel)

Child of Fortune
AuthorYuko Tsushima
TranslatorGeraldine Harcourt
LanguageJapanese
GenreLiterary fiction, autofiction, I-novel
PublisherKodansha (Japanese)
Penguin Classics (English)
Publication date
June 29, 1978 (Japanese)
October 30, 2018 (English)
Publication placeJapan
AwardsWomen's Literature Prize
ISBN978-4061976986
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]

  1. ^ 津島, 佑子 (1978). 寵児. 講談社. ISBN 978-4061976986.
  2. ^ Kosaka, Kris (December 16, 2017). "'Child of Fortune': Yuko Tsushima's prize-winning and feminist novel on womanhood". The Japan Times.
  3. ^ Tsushima, Yuko (October 30, 2018). Child of Fortune. Translated by Harcourt, Geraldine. Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0241335031.