A collection of eleven short stories written by Yokomitsu Riichi who has been described as an experimental modernist writer.
Stand out stories include The Smile, After Picking up a Blue Stone, The Carriage, The Defeated Husband, The Pale Captain and The Machine.
He explores a range of topics including collecting debts after his father dies in Korea, caring for his wife who has tuberculosis, relationships between man and wife and working in a small family run business.
Some very powerful stories that will leave a deep impression of life and times in Japan before, during and after the war.
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A collection of eleven short stories written by Yokomitsu Riichi who has been described as an experimental modernist writer.
He explores a range of topics including collecting debts after his father dies in Korea, caring for his wife who has tuberculosis, relationships between man and wife and working in a small family run business.
japan, japanese, customer, consumer, literature, culture, society, book, review, www.japanesecustomer.com, @jcustomers, yokomitsu riichi, love and other stories, #japan, #japanese, #culture, #bookreview, #japaneseliterature
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