The Cape: and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Cape: and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto
By (Author) Kenji Nakagami
Translated by Eve Zimmerman
Stone Bridge Press
Stone Bridge Press
2nd January 2008
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
895.635
Physical Properties
Paperback
200
Width 134mm, Height 190mm, Spine 15mm
170g
Description
Born into the burakuminJapans class of outcastsKenji 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 (194692) was a prolific writer admired for his vigorous prose style.
Author Bio
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.
