In these two novellas, Kimura Yusuke explores human and animal life
in northern Japan after the natural and nuclear disasters of March
11, 2011. Kimura inscribes the "Triple Disaster" into a rich
regional tradition of storytelling, incorporating far-flung voices
and experiences to testify to life and the desire to represent it
in the aftermath of calamity. In Sacred Cesium Ground, a woman from
Tokyo travels to volunteer at a cattle farm known as the "Fortress
of Hope," tending irradiated animals abandoned after the reactor
meltdown. The farm closely resembles an actual ranch that has been
widely covered in Japan, and the story's portrayal of those who
stubbornly care for animals in spite of the danger speaks to the
sense of futility and meaningfulness in the wake of traumatic
events. Isa's Deluge depicts a family of fishermen whose crotchety
patriarch draws on old tales of the floods that have plagued the
region to fashion himself as the father of the tsunami. Together,
the novellas present often-unheard voices of one of Japan's
peripheral regions and their anger toward the government and Tokyo
for mishandling and forgetting their part of the country. Kimura's
command of dialect and conversational language is masterfully
translated by Doug Slaymaker. Postapocalyptically surreal yet
teeming with life, Kimura's stories will be a revelation for
readers looking for a new perspective on the disaster's
consequences for Japan and on the interrelated meanings of human
and animal lives and deaths.
General
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Weatherhead Books on Asia |
| Release date: |
2019 |
| First published: |
2019 |
| Authors: |
Yusuke Kimura
|
| Translators: |
Doug Slaymaker
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
|
| Pages: |
176 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-18942-2 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
Japanese
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-231-18942-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780231189422 |
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