This first translation into English of a penetrating collection of stories by one of Japan's preeminent postwar writers focuses on the small events and revelations of domestic life. In one story, a straying young husband and his unhappy wife attempt to construct their lives around the growing void b
A Parallel Life and Other Stories
โ Scribed by Beeman, Robin
- Book ID
- 107900528
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books LLC
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781452137063
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