The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto by Kenji Nakagami, Eve Zimmerman

The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto

Kenji Nakagami, Eve Zimmerman

192 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction short stories dark slow-paced
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The fiction of Kenji Nakagami has no peer in contemporary Japan. Born into the burakumin -- an outcast class shunned in feudal Japan and still suffering discrimination today -- Nakagami depicts the lives of his people in powerful, sensual prose an...

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Community Reviews Summary of 31 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
sad 66%
tense 66%
reflective 33%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Loveable characters?

No: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 66% | Yes: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.48

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