Lit in Translation

短篇五芒星

Tanpen gobōsei

“A Pentagram of Stories” (title translated by AI)

Otaro Maijo (舞城王太郎, born 1973)

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Five stories, among them one about a man of twenty-seven who suddenly becomes obsessed with miscarriage and rages at how often babies die for no reason.

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About the book

Form
Short stories
Length
187 pages in the original
First published
2012 by Kodansha
Author's age
39 when first published
ISBN

9784062179096 (original)