| The Waiting Years | |
| Author: | Fumiko Enchi |
| Title Orig: | 女坂 |
| Orig Lang Code: | ja |
| Pub Date: | 1957 |
| Awards: | Noma Prize |
The Waiting Years (originally published under the title 女坂 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.[1] [2] [3] [4] An English translation, by John Bester, has been published by Kodansha. The novel is primarily set in the district of Asakusa and Fukushima Prefecture.