The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto - (Stone Bridge Fiction) by Kenji Nakagami (Paperback)

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About the Book

Explosive stories of the little-known burakumin from one of Japan's great postwar literary masters.

Book Synopsis

Explosive stories of the little-known burakumin from one of Japan's great postwar literary masters.

Review Quotes

"Grim and abrasive, and probably impossible to forget."
-Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Kenji Nakagami (1946-92) was a prolific novelist and short story writer who was admired as much for his prose style as his depictions of the burakumin. He received the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for "The Cape" in 1976.

Eve Zimmerman is Assistant Professor of Japanese literature at Wellesley College and received the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for Translation in 1992.

Product Highlights

• Explosive stories of the little-known burakumin from one of Japan's great postwar literary masters.
• About the Author: Kenji Nakagami (1946-92) was a prolific novelist and short story writer who was admired as much for his prose style as his depictions of the burakumin.
• 200 Pages
• Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)
• Series Name: Stone Bridge Fiction