Shooting Gallery

by Yūko Tsushima

Book Overview

Eight powerful stories about modern Japanese women exploring sex, independence, and life outside the conventions from the top woman writer in Japan.--International Herald Tribune.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394757432
• ISBN13: 9780394757438
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

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.