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This is a book of three stories that are more like novella length. It is a different type of Japan than I am used to reading about from authors like Murakami. I didn't know anything about the burakumin, which is an outcaste class in Japan, a background shared by the author. In fact, from what I read about Nakagami, he pulls from his own life for these stories.
The stories are memorable and disturbing, with themes of violence and complicated relationships. The end of the title story is uncomforta ...more
The stories are memorable and disturbing, with themes of violence and complicated relationships. The end of the title story is uncomforta ...more
Apr 18, 2008
Ching-In
marked it as to-read
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Angela
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Diane
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