In this groundbreaking novel, Fumiko Hayashi tells the powerful story of tormented love and one woman's struggle to navigate the cruel realities of postwar Japan. The novel's characters, particularly...
"What I loved most about The Float Test is the sense of place. ... The adult children of the family gather on the hot ground of their childhood following their mother's death, where they try to...
A marvelously illustrated volume demonstrating how Japanese art permeates and comments on the changes and uncertainties of existenceWeathered, centuries-old wooden sculptures. A broken tea bowl,...