Lit in Translation

abさんご

ab sango

Natsuko Kuroda (黒田夏子, born 1937)

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In fragments of memory, the story follows a sole daughter growing up in a bookish Showa-era home with two libraries and a little spiral-shaped room, from her earliest years until she sees her parents to their graves.

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About the book

Form
Novella
Length
47 pages in the original
Genres
Family (assigned by AI)
Set in
Japan
First published
2012 by Bungeishunju
Author's age
75 when first published
ISBN

9784163820002 (original)

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