Funeral of a giraffe

Tomioka, Taeko.

Translated by Kyoko Iriye Selden earliest edition we have, 1999 M.E. Sharpe, 2000 hardcover 181 pages

Japanese women writing

An anthology by a Japanese woman. In Yesteryear the protagonist abandons his wife and when she asks for money rapes her, Days of Dear Death is on a domineering mother, and in A Dog's Eye View a shy man stalks a cousin he loves.

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Kyoko Iriye Selden 1 printing we hold · 2000 · M.E. Sharpe

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