The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto

By Kenji Nakagami

Book Overview

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize

An award-winning translation of the classic novella about discrimination and generational dysfunction in Japan.

Born into the burakumin-Japan's class of outcasts--Kenji 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."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933330430
• ISBN13: 9781933330433
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.4"