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."