The Cake Tree in the Ruins
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A wonderful collection of short stories from Japan all set on the last day of WWII, when the Japanese Emperor surrendered. These tales of hunger, disbelief and sacrifice were beautifully rendered into English by Ginny Tapley Takamori the translator. Very moving. More on my blog here: https://annabookbel.net/japanese-literature-challenge-13
January 25, 2020