Floating Clouds by Hayashi Fumiko, translated by Lane Dunlop [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 May, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
Originally published in 1951, the final novel from Hayashi – undoubtedly one of Japan’s most important women writers of the 20th century – traces a tormented, destructive love affair. When they meet, Yukiko and Tomioka are...