Like the surfaces of a jagged crystal, each story in the collection shows us an entirely different, distorted facet of a whole. Playing games with the basic units of both life and fiction--the solid certainties of the self, the world around us, and the words we use to describe these things--Mieko Kanai creates a reality where nothing is certain, where a little boy going out to run errands for his mother might find that he's an adult, and his mother...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1564785661
ISBN13:9781564785664
Release Date:October 2009
Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press
Length:148 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.0" x 7.6"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
1 rating
An excellent addition to any international fiction collection
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
A short story is all that's needed to reflect the simplicity of the human experience. "The Word Book" is a collection of short stories from acclaimed Japanese writer Mieko Kanai, deftly translated by Paul McCarthy as to keep the soul of her writings intact through the cultural divide - which isn't as vast a gulf as one might think. "The Word Book" is an intriguing insight into humanity through fiction, and an excellent addition to any international fiction collection.
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