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Author Furukawa, Hideo, 1966- author.

Title Horses, horses, in the end the light remains pure : a tale that begins with Fukushima / Hideo Furukawa ; translated by Doug Slaymaker ; with Akiko Takenaka
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (147 pages)
Series Weatherhead books on Asia
Weatherhead books on Asia.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure: A Tale That Begins with Fukushima -- Translator's Afterword -- Translator's Acknowledgments -- Backmatter
Summary "Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure is a multifaceted literary response to the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that devastated northeast Japan on March 11, 2011. The novel is narrated by Hideo Furukawa, who travels back to his childhood home near Fukushima after 3/11 to reconnect with a place that is now doubly alien. His ruminations conjure the region's storied past, particularly its thousand-year history of horses, humans, and the struggle with a rugged terrain. Standing in the morning light, these horses also tell their stories, heightening the sense of liberation, chaos, and loss that accompanies Furukawa's rich recollections. A fusion of fiction, history, and memoir."--Syndetics
Notes Translated from the original Japanese into English
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 24, 2021)
Subject Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 -- Fiction
NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
FICTION -- General.
Fukushima-ken (Japan) -- Fiction
Japan -- Fukushima-ken
Japan -- Tōhoku Region
Genre/Form Fiction
Fiction.
Romans.
Form Electronic book
Author Slaymaker, Douglas, translator.
Takenaka, Akiko, 1965- translator.
LC no. 2015049578
ISBN 9780231542050
0231542054
Other Titles Umatachi yo, sore demo hikari wa muku de. English