Death in Midsummer

£9.99

Filled with rich description and luxurious beauty, these ten tales of loss and longing from one of Japan’s greatest writers show the pull between duty and desire, ecstasy and death: a mother lost in mourning, a moonlit journey to fulfil a wish, a night of infidelity, a young lieutenant who ends his life.

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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith

Filled with rich description and luxurious beauty, these ten tales of loss and longing from one of Japan’s greatest writers show the pull between duty and desire, ecstasy and death: a mother lost in mourning, a moonlit journey to fulfil a wish, a night of infidelity, a young lieutenant who ends his life.

Additional information

Weight 0.264 kg
Dimensions 16.7 × 12 × 2.5 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

272

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

895.635 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K