Description
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.
Kenji Nakagami (1946-92) was a prolific writer admired for his vigorous prose style.
Author: Kenji Nakagami
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Published: 01/01/2008
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781933330433
ISBN10: 1933330430
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Literary
About the Author
Nakagami (1946-92) was a prolific novelist and short story writer who was admired as much for his prose style as his depictions of the burakumin. He received the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for The Cape in 1976. Eve Zimmerman is Assistant Professor of Japanese literature at Wellesley College and received the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for Translation in 1992.