Yka Ishii's debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.
Several days after a once-in-a-century flood moves through the Indian city of Chennai, choking the Adyar River with the titular mud, a Japanese woman contracted to an IT company as a language instructor finds herself caught up in a deluge of flashbacks and memories, reflecting on unspoken words and unlived lives and contemplating the muddy chaos of her own karma.
Told in a magic realist stream-of-consciousness style evocative of the subtle, wry sense of humour found in the traditional Japanese narrative art of rakugo, The Mud of a Century explores the interrelated bonds between self and other, Japan and India, past and present, fact and fantasy, and material and spirit.
By:
Yka Ishii Translated by:
Haydn Trowell Imprint: GAZEBO BOOKS Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 130mm,
ISBN:9780648901198 ISBN 10: 064890119X Pages: 120 Publication Date:01 April 2023 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
