2018 Grove Press trade paperback of the 1994 English translation by Ann Sherif of the 1990 Japanese tale of a collection of stories written in English which may never be published in Japan, as it causes its author and subsequent translators to commit suicide. I found this copy yesterday in the Hyacinth Little Free Library.

I can let this go after I read:
1988 Kitchen [read 2024]

Edit November 4, 2024: This was good, but I just skimmed to end for time. I currently have this ranked at #1584 on my ranked list of best-read books lately.

... in the box.

And please visit the next meetup of TriValley BookCrossing group, at Panera Bread in Dublin, the second Tuesday of each month.

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