Mittens and Pity: Stories

by Banana Yoshimoto

Winner of the Tanizaki Prize in 2022, her latest short story collection from 2021, Mittens and Pity is what Yoshimoto calls the greatest achievement of her writing life since Dead-End Memories

Set between Kanazawa, Helsinki, Taipei, Rome, Hong Kong, and Hachijo-jima, the six stories collected here depict people who are struggling with recent loss and coming to terms with the truth of living with the memory.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640096515
• ISBN13: 9781640096516
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.