Akinari Asakura

Akinari Asakura is a Japanese writer and novelist known for his work as the writer of Show-ha Shoten! His award-winning works have been translated around the world, adapted for stage, screen and into manga comics. This will be his debut novel translated into the English language.

Haydn Trowell is an Australian translator of Japanese literature whose work has appeared in Granta, Electric Literature, and Words Without Borders. He has translated fiction by major prize-winning authors such as Yasunari Kawabata, Maki Kashimada, and Rie Qudan, and he has worked extensively with publishers in Australia, Japan, the UK, and the US. Haydn holds a PhD in translation studies from Monash University and has a background in both translation and creative writing.