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4.0 out of 5 stars
engrossing, off-beat stories,
By avoraciousreader (Somewhere in the Space Time Continuum) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toddler Hunting And Other Stories (Paperback)
I'm about a third to half way through this collection, and just wanted to enter an enthusiastic "thumbs up" in case I don't get a chance to do a fuller review later. The longish stories mostly take place in post-war Japan (maybe post-post-war is better, after the effects of WWII have largely died down and modernization is in full swing), and reveal an interesting society and women's place in it. [One, 'Full Tide', is set at the beginning of the war.] The prose is simple and straightforward, at least in translation, but the stories are surprisingly powerful and take some odd twists, with characters who often have a twist or quirk of their own. This will be enjoyed not just by 'literery' fiction fans -- my own tastes run to nonfiction or 'genre' fiction, but I've found it engrossing with rests between stories to absorb them.
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Toddler Hunting And Other Stories by Kono Taeko (Paperback - Sep 1 1998)
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