Issue 57 (June 2015, Volume 10, Number 3)

Inoue Yasushi (1907-1991) was one of the great post- war Japanese authors, whose prolific output comprises some 50 novels and 150 short stories. Despite his productivity (he only began working as a novelist at the age of 42, following a career as a journalist) only a handful of his works have made it into English. British and American publishers have until recently only been drawn to the historical fiction for which he dedicated most of his writing career, but his ouevre also includes a number of works which deal with the harsh realities of post-war Japan. Thankfully Pushkin Press have recently published three works (two novellas and one collection of short stories) which fall into this latter category and these are reviewed together here.

Also reviewed in this issue is one of our own publications, Sophie Richard's The art lover’s guide to Japanese museums, while Mike Sullivan covers both the Raindance Film Festival and Kobayashi Kentaro's one- man show, Mr Potsunen’s Peculiar Slice of Life.

Editor
William Upton

Reviewers
Chris Corker, Lucy Kikuchi, Mike Sullivan and Jenny White