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The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto

1999; University of Oklahoma; Volume: 73; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/40155285

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Yoshiko Yokochi Samuel, Kenji Nakagami, Eve Zimmerman,

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Born into the burakumin-Japan's class of outcasts-Kenji Nakagami depicts the lives of his people in sensual language and stark detail. The Cape is a breakthrough novella about a burakumin community, their troubled memories, and complex family histories. Includes House on Fire and Red Hair. Kenji Nakagami (1946-92) was a prolific writer admired for his vigorous prose style.