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Record Of A Night Too Brief

by Lucy North, Hiromi Kawakami
Record Of A Night Too Brief - Thryft
Record Of A Night Too Brief - Thryft
  • Akutagawa Prize 芥川龍之介賞 (1996)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Record Of A Night Too Brief

by Lucy North, Hiromi Kawakami
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ISBN: 9781782272717
Authors: Lucy North, Hiromi Kawakami
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Date of Publication: 2017-01-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Fantasy
Related Topics: Japan, Japanese Literature, Asian Literature, Asia, Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 3.22
(rated by 2188 readers)

Description

The Akutagawa Prize-winning stories from the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo.In these three haunting and lyrical stories, three young women experience unsettling loss and romance.In a dreamlike adventure, one woman travels through an apparently unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, mist-monsters and villainous monkeys; a sister mourns her invisible brother whom only she can still see, while the rest of her family welcome his would-be wife into their home; and an accident with a snake leads a shop girl to discover the snake-families everyone else seems to be concealing.Sensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, Record of a Night Too Brief is an atmospheric trio of unforgettable tales.
 
  • Akutagawa Prize 芥川龍之介賞 (1996)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.