Umfang:
121 Seiten
ISBN:
9781501749889
Serie:
Cornell East Asia series no. 201
Originaltitel:
Kakeru shōnen
Inhalt:
Running on Water: A Translator's Introduction -- Galactic City -- The Running Boy -- A Slender Back.
Inhalt:
"With The Running Boy, the fiction of Megumu Sagisawa (1968-2004) makes its long-overdue first appearance in English. Lovingly rendered with a critical introduction by the translator, this collection of three stories, written in 1989, sits on the thinnest part of Japan's economic bubble and provides a cautionary glimpse into the malaise of its impending collapse. From the aging regulars of a shabby snack bar in "Galactic City" to the mental breakdowns of "A Slender Back," and the family secrets lurking within the title story between them, Sagisawa offers a trilogy of laser-focused character studies. Exploring dichotomies of past versus present, young versus old, life versus death, and countless shades of meaning beyond, she elicits vibrant commonalities of the human condition from some of its most ennui-laden examples. A curious form of affirmation awaits her readers, who may just come out of her monochromatic word paintings with more colorful realizations about themselves and the world at large. Such insight is rare in a writer so young, and this book is a fitting testament to her premature death, the legacy of which is sure to inspire a new generation of readers in the post-truth era"--
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781501749896
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Sagisawa, Megumu, 1968-2004 The running boy and other stories Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Fiktionale Darstellung
