An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro

A double whammy of Kazuo Ishiguro in the Japan Times today. My review of his new novel, The Buried Giant and a retrospective look at An Artist of the Floating World in the ‘Essential Reading for Japanophiles’ series.

Turnstile, The Making of …

The evolution of a short story can be a bizarre path. This month a flash story I wrote, Turnstile, is included in Eastlit Magazine. I’m really pleased to finally get this story accepted because it’s been with me a long time, and not always in a good way. When I first came to Japan in 2005Continue reading “Turnstile, The Making of …”