The Izu Dancer And Other Stories
ISBN:
9784805307441 (4805307447)
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: C.E. Tuttle Co.
Pages no: 144
Edition language: Japanese
"As death approaches, memory erodes. Recent memories are the first to succumb. Death works its way backward until it reaches memory's earliest beginnings. Then memory flares up for an instant, just like a flame about to go out. That is the "prayer in the mother tongue."A string of solemn words sprin...
I'm hovering between 3 and 4 stars for this book and I can't decide, because I liked some of the stories, others depressed me, while one in particular was horrifying. I mostly feel like a superficial and uninitiated reader who stood at the foot of a complex work, but was not able to grasp it. Moreov...