Unusual Fragments: 20th Century Japanese Fiction

by Inagaki Taruho

Composing a fuller picture of the literary era that brought us Osamu Dazai and Kōbō Abe, Unusual Fragments foregrounds stories of alienation with surprising humor and imagination.

A young storm-chaser welcomes a jaded woman into the eye of a storm. The last man of a peculiar family, implausibly tiny in stature, attends a Mozart opera with his dedicated wife. A medical student coolly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949641759
• ISBN13: 9781949641752
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Two Lines Press
• Length: 200 Pages