Hanami

Editorial Tierra Adentro, 2009.
Literature: Fiction (short stories).
Author: Cristina Rascón Castro
Latin American Short Story Award “Benemérito de América”, 2005.

“A prose of solid voice, its beauty based in the oriental values of order, moderation and open space. Each of the eight short stories in Hanami, are guided by a precise treatment of the language, which comes from a fascination with the other, and, from such amazement, starts a dialogue between the foreigner identity and contemporary Japan. The stories embrace traditional elements like Kanji, and modern icons like Ryu Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto. An old woman takes her plants for a bike ride, kindergarten students’ bleeding caused by the Bird Flu, twenty year old bartender girls who live under the luxury of a cruel boss, the lesbian fantasies of the anime world and other kinds of visual elements would interact in this well calibrated, incisive publication.”

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Some short stories from Hanami: Hanami: