num_pages: 232
description: This is a tale based on the strike which took place in the mid-1950s at Omi Kenshi, a silk manufacturer not far from Tokyo. The events described reflect the management / labour tensions of the period and is a piece of social commentary on the transformation of Japanese business.
language: English
title: Silk and Insight: A Novel
titlecomplete: Silk and Insight: A Novel (Studies of the Pacific Basin Institute)
genres: Japanese Literature, Japan, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 66
publisher: Routledge