Record of a Night too Brief
By Hiromi Kawakami
Translated by Lucy North
By Hiromi Kawakami
Translated by Lucy North
By Hiromi Kawakami
Translated by Lucy North
By Hiromi Kawakami
Translated by Lucy North
Part of Japanese Novellas
Part of Japanese Novellas
Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Short Stories
Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Short Stories
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$13.95
Dec 05, 2017 | ISBN 9781782272717
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Dec 05, 2017 | ISBN 9781782272724
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Praise
“A supersurreal triad of stories . . . Kawakami marks the literary map of Japan with a warning that beyond here lie dragons—or snakes and ghosts, at any rate. Astonishing, strange, and wonderful. ”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Fans of Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto will enjoy immersing themselves in Kawakami’s magical worlds.”
—Booklist
“. . . the author successfully juxtaposes elements of contemporary Japan—in Kawakami’s case, postmodern Japan, with its high-rise apartment buildings, highway service areas, radio stock market reports, and advertising jingles blaring from parade-float loudspeakers — with myths and folklore that gesture toward a lost, pre-modern imaginary.”
—Los Angeles Review of Books
“Talking animals, transformations into trees and horses, and a melancholic mood of loss and love make it easy to see why Kawakami is one of the more exciting voices in contemporary Japanese literature.”
—Thrillist
“A truly fantastical story . . . rewards with rich imagery that will challenge anyone’s powers of imagination.”
—Japan Society Journal (UK)
“At once funny and humane . . . the author’s estranging fiction is bewitching. If Japan were in need of a Lewis Carroll, look no further.”
—South China Morning Post
“Baffling, unsettling and haunting, these stories have a dreamlike atmosphere.”
—The Lady (UK Magazine)
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