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Family, war, disaster: a century of Japanese trauma and resilience.
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The Culling Times

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    256 pages

  • Release Date

    23 February 2027

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Summary

A sweeping novel set between 1938 and 2011, this multi-generational story follows the history of one Japanese family as they live through World War II, a host of family dramas, and, finally, the Fukushima disaster. This deeply felt, formally inventive, ambitious novel pulls heavily from the author’s own life, including the death of her famous father, the writer Osamu Dazai.

The Culling Times is a multi-generational saga of the Kitamura and Komori families told through a compl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9798896231431
Author:Yuko Tsushima, Dennis Washburn
Publisher:New York Review Books
Imprint:NYRB Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:23 February 2027
Weight:369g
Dimensions:127mm x 203mm
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The Culling Times by Yuko Tsushima - ISBN: 9798896231431
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About The Author

Yuko Tsushima

Yūko Tsushima (1947–2016) is considered one of the most important Japanese writers of her generation. She is best known for her novel Mountain of Fire and her short-story collection The Shooting Gallery. Much of her work is influenced by the oral epics and tales of pre-modern Japan, as well as her own experience as a single mother. Her father was the famous Japanese writer Osamu Dazai, who committed suicide when Tsushima was only a year old. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Her novel Woman Running in the Mountains is published by NYRB Classics.

Dennis Washburn is an American academic and translator. He is the Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies at Dartmouth College where he has taught since 1992.

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