Trinity, Trinity, Trinity by Erika Kobayashi, translated by Brian Bergstrom [in Booklist]
18 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
Tokyo-based author/artist Erika Kobayashi makes an intriguing, albeit uneven, translated-into-English debut, enabled by Canadian Brian Bergstrom. The consequences of Japan’s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are manifest in three generations of an all-female Tokyo family. Kobayashi’s novel takes place on a single day, following the schedule...