The Cape - and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize

An award-winning translation of the classic novella about discrimination and generational dysfunction in Japan.

Born into the burakumin—Japan''s class of outcasts—Kenji Nakagami depicts the lives of his people in sensual language and stark detail. The Cape is a breakthrough novella about a burakumin community, their troubled memories, and complex family histories. Includes "House on Fire" and "Red Hair."