| Record of a Night Too Brief Contributor(s): Kawakami, Hiromi (Author), North, Lucy (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1782272712 ISBN-13: 9781782272717 Publisher: Pushkin Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 895.636 |
| Series: Japanese Novellas |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.35 lbs) 158 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Akutagawa Prize-winning stories from one of the most highly regarded and provocative contemporary Japanese writers: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing. In these three haunting and lyrical stories, three young women experience unsettling loss and romance. In a dreamlike adventure, one woman travels through an apparently unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, mist-monsters and villainous monkeys; a sister mourns her invisible brother whom only she can still see, while the rest of her family welcome his would-be wife into their home; and an accident with a snake leads a shop girl to discover the snake-families everyone else seems to be concealing. Sensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, Record of a Night Too Brief is an atmospheric trio of unforgettable tales. |
