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epub | 9.28 MB | English| Isbn:9781611729108 | Author: Kenji Nakagami, Eve Zimmerman (Translator) | Year: 1976
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Quote:Winner of the Akutagawa PrizeCategory:Fiction, Literature, World Fiction, Japanese Fiction, 20th Century Japanese Fiction
An award-winning translation of the classic novella about discrimination and generational dysfunction in Japan.
Born into the burakumin-Japan's class of outcasts-Kenji Nakagami depicts the lives of his people in sensual language and stark detail. The Cape is a breakthrough novella about a burakumin community, their troubled memories, and complex family histories. Includes "House on Fire" and "Red Hair."