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Ashes of Spring

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Ashes of Spring

By: Mieko Kawakami, Hitomi Yoshio - translator, David Boyd - translator
Narrated by: Sura Siu
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Award-winning Japanese author and poet Mieko Kawakami brings Ashes of Spring, a collection of short stories set in everyday life in Japan just before the pandemic lockdown. Kawakami’s stories straddle the line between delicate and beautiful human connection and the brutality of human nature. This poignant collection vividly captures the world we created shortly before it was put on pause, the characters at the center, painfully real. As we emerge five years later, Kawakami offers a stark reminder of our own fragility.

©2023 Mieko Kawakami (P)2025 Audible, Inc.
Asian & Pacific Islander Creators Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction
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