Toddler Hunting and Other Stories

Zusatztext Reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor's works, Kono's stories explore the dark, terrifying side of human nature that manifests itself in antisocial behaviour Informationen zum Autor Taeko Kono (1926 -2015) is one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century. Oe Kenzaburo, Japan's Nobel Laureate, described her as the most "lucidly intelligent" woman writers writing in Japan, and the US critic and academic Masao Miyoshi identified her as among the most "critically alert and historically intelligent." US critic and academic Davinder Bhowmik assesses her as "...one of the truly original voices of the twentieth century, beyond questions of gender or even nationality." Klappentext A captivating collection of pitch-black tales from one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century - 'shocking, ominous, and subversive' The Paris Review Vorwort A captivating collection of pitch-black tales from one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century - 'shocking, ominous, and subversive' The Paris Review Zusammenfassung A captivating collection of pitch-black tales from one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century - 'shocking, ominous, and subversive' The Paris Review

Product details

• Authors: Taeko Kono
• Assisted by: Sayaka Murata (Introduction)
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.04.2021
• EAN: 9781474619202
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-1920-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 20 mm
• Series: W&N Essentials
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary