![]() ![]() I read 3 Streets through its inclusion in the 2022 Year of Reading subscription from the English language bookstore Shakespeare and Company in Paris, France. ![]() The only crossover between the stories seemed to be that the protagonist had someone waiting for them back at home even while they continued to be distracted by the apparitions that they encountered. I found 3 Streets to be a quick and easy read (it is only 80 pages) with very atmospheric descriptions of the locations, characters and ghosts that the protagonist encounters in their walks on “Kollwitzstrasse”, “Majakowskiring” and “Pushkin Allee." The streets are all real-life locations in East Berlin. That latter book also had somewhat dreamlike encounters with characters, some of whom could well have been ghosts, so perhaps it is characteristic of Tawada's style. I've only read one other book of Tawada's shorter fiction 容疑者の夜行列車 Yōgisha no yakō ressha (2002). It is possible that the selection was made by choosing those stories which had encounters with ghosts. Review of the New Directions Storybook ND Hardcover (September 27, 2022) with 3 stories selected & translated by Margaret Mitsutani from the original Japanese language 百年の散歩(新潮文庫) (One Hundred Years of Walks*) (2017)ģ Streets consists of three short stories selected from Tawada's original Japanese book. ![]()
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