A man with no talents : memoirs of a Tokyo day laborer /
Ōyama, Shirō,1947-
Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-135).
I become a bunkhouse resident in the San'ya Doyagai -- A generation or so ago I would never have made it as a day laborer -- Tsukamoto-san disappears -- I realize the importance of looking after myself and begin taking walks -- I am told by a foreign migrant worker that he feels sorry for me -- I have reached the age when it is by no means odd to take stock of life.
Day laborers
Working class