The Shooting Gallery

by Yūko Tsushima

Book Overview

The eight powerful stories of The Shooting Gallery examine the lives of single women coping with motherhood, passion, jealousy, and the tug-of-war between responsibility and entrapment.

An unwed mother arranges for her children to meet their father, who is a stranger to them. A woman confronts the "other woman" in her lover's life. A young single mother on an outing to the seaside comes face to face with how much she resents her own children. Another...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811213560
• ISBN13: 9780811213561
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Stories of Modern Japan From A Woman's Perspective

These stories by the daughter of famous Japanese author Osamu Dazai are poignant and haunting. They describe experiences of modern day Japanese women - working women, mothers, sisters, aunts, lovers, ex-wives widows - in ways that should explode the vague stereotypes or incomplete images most Americans hold about the Japanese. The writing is direct and yet elegant in its spare prose. Not upbeat, by any means, but many of these stories will stay with you for quite awhile.