The cape : and other stories from the Japanese Ghetto / [Book] :
Kenji Nakagami ; translated, with a preface and an afterword by Eve Zimmerman.
- [Enfield : [Enfield : Publishers Group UK, distributor], Publishers Group UK, distributor], c2008.
- xiii, 185 p. ; 19 cm.
Translated from the Japanese. Formerly CIP.
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.