By the winner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award
How does a shy, traumatized boy overcome the shame, anger, and sadness that silence him? In Lion Cross Point, celebrated Japanese author Masatsugu Ono turns his gent...
All societies, whether big or small, try to hide their wounds away. In this, his Mishima Prize-winning masterpiece, Masatsugu Ono considers a fishing village on the Japanese coast. Here a new police chief plays audience for the locals, who routinely ...
“Balances wonder and disquiet with incomparable grace and precision…Ono continues to captivate.” -- Bryan Washington, author of MemorialIn an unnamed foreign country, a family of three is settling into a house at the edge of the woods. Bu...