Things remembered and things forgotten
Nakajima, Ky¿ko, 1964-2021
Book
The ten acclaimed stories in this collection are pervaded by an air of Japanese ghostliness. In beautifully crafted and deceptively light prose, Nakajima portrays men and women beset by cultural amnesia and unaware of how haunted they are - by fragmented memories of war and occupation, by fading traditions, by buildings lost to firestorms and bulldozers, by the spirits of their recent past.
Main title:
Things remembered and things forgotten / Kyoko Nakajima ; translated from the Japanese by Ian McCullough MacDonald and Ginny Tapley Takemori.
Author:
Nakajima, Ky¿ko, 1964-, authorTakemori, Ginny Tapley, translatorMacDonald, Ian McCullough, translator
Imprint:
London : Sort of Books, 2021.
Collation:
265 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
Contents:
Things remembered and things forgottenWhen my wife was a shiitakeThe life story of a sewing machineGlobal Positioning SystemKirara's paper planeA special dayThe pet civetChildhood friendsThe Harajuku HouseThe lost Obon.
ISBN:
9781908745965 (pbk)1908745967 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.636
Language:
English
Index terms:
Short stories
BRN:
114233