| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
183 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
"From one of the most significant contemporary Japanese writers, a haunting, dazzling novel of loss and rebirth"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
"Originally published in Japan in 1979 by Kodansha Ltd., Japan, as Hikari no Ryoubun. English translation rights arranged with the Estate of Yuko Tsushima through Japan UNI Agency, Inc., Tokyo. English translation originally published in 2018 by Penguin Books Ltd., Great Britain." |
| Contents |
Territory of light -- The water's edge -- Sunday in the trees -- A dream of birds -- The sound of a voice -- The magic words -- The dunes -- Red lights -- The body -- The earth's surface -- Flames -- Corpuscules of light. |
| Subject |
Single mothers -- Fiction.
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Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.
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Short stories, Japanese. (OCoLC)fst01117246
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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Translations.
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| Added Author |
Harcourt, Geraldine, translator.
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| Added Title |
Hikari no ryōbun. English
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| ISBN |
9780374273217 (hardcover) |
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0374273219 (hardcover) |
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