Moths Are Everywhere and Other Pieces

A moth becomes a companion to grief. Flowers glow beside a dying woman. A child’s game unfolds in a rainy village.

Eight complete pieces by Yokomitsu Riichi range from literary polemic and playful self-portrait to the geological and political allegory of two rivers.

The translation preserves repetitions, numbered sections, and experimental fragments, with concise notes. AI-assisted translation, prepared and edited by Valentin Sarić.