Name: Record of a Night Too Brief
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Author: Kawakami, Hiromi ; North, Lucy
ISBN: 9781805331407

Type

Physical Book

Author

Hiromi Kawakami

Translated by

Lucy North

Publisher

Pushkin Press

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.37 kg.

ISBN13

9781805331407

Synopsis "Record of a Night Too Brief"

"Evocative... Astonishing, strange, and wonderful" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A trio of surreal, dazzlingly imaginative short stories set in contemporary Japan that explore desire and loss, talking animals, and odd disappearances Sensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, from the celebrated author of Strange Weather in Tokyo In these 3 haunting and lyrical stories, young women experience loss, loneliness, and extraordinary romance. The nightingale sang again. The plates on the table gleamed, and the food, in all its ceaseless variety, breathed, glossy and bright. The night had only just begun. A woman travels through an unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, monsters of the mist and a monkey who shows no mercy. A sister mourns her brother, who is visible only to her, while her family welcome his would-be wife into their home. One morning, a woman treads on a snake in the park. She comes home that evening and realises the snake has moved into her house and is saying she is her mother... Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award, the 3 stories in this collection: Record of a Night Too Brief Missing A Snake Stepped Onreveal a highly surreal, meticulously crafted exploration of the many facets of desire, loss and fantasy. Part of Pushkin's Japanese Novella series: stylishly designed editions of the best of contemporary Japanese fiction, featuring celebrated, prize-winning authors including Mieko Kawakami, Hideo Furukawa, Kaori Fujino and Natsuko Imamura.

Hiromi Kawakami

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Hiromi Kawakami (Tokyo, 1958) is an acclaimed Japanese writer, awarded with prestigious prizes such as the Akutagawa and the Tanizaki. Her works, among which "The Briefcase" and "The Ten Loves of Nishino" stand out, subtly explore the complexities of human relationships.

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