The Thorn Puller by Hiromi Ito, translated by Jeffrey Angles [in Booklist]
25 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
“Sandwich generation” refers to adults responsible for both aging parents and growing children. Lauded Japanese poet and writer Hiromi Ito’s fictionalized alter-ego is stuck in a triple-decker. Above are her partially paralyzed mother in a geriatric clinic, her father struggling alone, and her third, 28-years-older...