Name: The Name of the Flower
ISBN: 9781880656099

Kuniko Mukoda

Mukoda's wonderful stories vividly present the strengths and sorrows of modern Japanese women.--Gail Tsukiyama "Superbly rendered into English."--Publishers Weekly

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The Name of the Flower

Jeremy Wang

a tight collection of domestic short stories. people here are stalked by shameful memories from decades ago as they quietly decay into creatures resembling animals and inanimate objects. each story features a family with a peaceful surface covering deep-seated rot. the best kind of “depressed japanese woman” writing.

mukoda is so good at making me feel uncomfortable. how do these stories, some almost on the verge of the surreal, feel so visceral?? there’s a special kind of understated shame that permeates this collection.

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